permitted to fall on certain days of the week. The Jews prevented the Day of Atonement from falling on a 

Friday, when it would interfere with preparations for the Sabbath, by making the rule that the month of Tishri 

could not begin on a Wednesday. And they kept the Feast of Tabernacles from beginning and ending on a 

Friday, by not allowing Tishri to begin on a Friday. These calendar rules, found still today in the modern 

Jewish calendar, must have had their beginnings in ancient times. It does not take much calculation to 

determine that delaying Tishri 1 will prevent certain holy days from conflicting with the Preparation Day of 

the Sabbath. However, the Jews of Jesus' time did not see fit to prevent the first day of Tishri from falling on a 

Sunday. For example, see: Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 373. In 

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the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles fell on Sunday, the day after the Jewish Sabbath, so that the first day 

of Tishri must also have been a Sunday that year. 

428

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 1. 

429

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 22, 27, 32 33. 

430

 In 

A.D.

 15, the new moon was Nov. 30 at 08:48, placing Kislev 1 on Nov. 30, by calculation method. See 

chapter 17 for a detailed explanation of the method of determining calendar dates in the Jewish calendar at 

this time in history. New moon data from RedShift 3 software. 

431

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 20. 

432

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 469 471. 

433

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, repeated examples throughout the book. 

434

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 33 35. 

435

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 58. 

436

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 33 59. 

437

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 60. 

438

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 117 121. 

439

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 108, 110. Note that the celebration of the 

first day of Nisan, the feast of the New Moon (Rosh Hodesh), began in the evening and that Blessed Anne 

Catherine refers to the next day as the Sabbath. In the Jewish calendar, the Sabbath and any other day begins 

at sunset. Thus, she is referring to the same day in the Jewish calendar when she talks about one evening and 

the next day. 

440

 RedShift 3 software. 

441

 See chapter 17, Technical Notes, for more on this point. See also Appendix II, Chart C. 

442

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 58, p. 29. 

443

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 58, p. 29. 

444

 The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 114 121. 

445

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 145. 

446

 Tracey R. Rich, Judaism 101: The Counting of the Omer, . 

447

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 145, 155. 

448

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 161 162. 

449

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 121 161; the Sabbaths are mentioned on 

p. 121, 134, 145, and 155. 

450

 Nisan 1 that year was delayed a day to prevent Nisan 15 from interfering with the Preparation Day of the 

Sabbath. Nisan must have had 30 days and Iyar 29 days, so that Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) would fall both on 

the 50th day from the second day of Passover and on Sivan 6. This places Sivan 1 on May 26, one day's delay 

from the ordinary start of that month by calculation of the new moon. New moon data from  RedShift 3 

software. 

451

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 469. 

452

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 2, p. 255. 

453

 In 

A.D.

 16, the new moon of Friday, August 21, at 05:41 Jerusalem Standard Time would have marked the 

beginning of the month of Elul. However, I believe that the start of the month of Elul was delayed for one day, 

to prevent 3 months of 29 days each occurring in a 4 month period of time. Iyar and Sivan both had 29 days 

because of the delay in the start of Nisan. Tammuz had 30 days, but Av would have had 29 days again, 

without the delay in the start of Elul. The one day delay in the start of Elul provides 2 months of 30 days 

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