During a Jewish leap year, which occurs seven times in a 19-year cycle (approximately once every three years), there is an added month called “Adar I,” inserted before this month of Adar …

Adar II (אַדָר ב׳), sometimes "Adar Bet" or "Adar Sheni", is the 13th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, occurs only on leap years, and corresponds to February or March on the Gregorian …

Adar I and II occur during February–March on the Gregorian calendar. Sources disagree as to which of the two Adar months is the "real" Adar, and which is the added leap month. [1]

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Since the 12 lunar months fall significantly short of a solar year, in some years a 13th month — a second month of Adar — is added. The two Adars that year are distinguished as Adar I (also …

Adar is the only month in the Jewish calendar that comes back for seconds. The Jewish leap year, or shanah me’uberet (literally “pregnant year” in Hebrew), occurs approximately once every …

2014年12月19日 · The extra Adar happens when there is a leap year -- we add a month to preserve the lunar properties of the calendar. Seven in nineteen years are leap years, so …