The Hebrew calendar is quite different to the standard Gregorian calendar (January to December). Match the names of the Hebrew months with the segments of the outer ring. The alignment of the Gregorian months are shown on the inner ring.

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• The Jewish calendar is ‘lunar’, meaning it is based on the moon.
• There are 354 days in a lunar year compared to 365 days in a solar year.
• Instead of adding in 1 day as in a solar leap year, an extra month is added so you get ‘First Adar’ and ‘Second Adar’ (a regular year only has one Adar). This keeps the calendar in line with the seasons of the solar cycle.
• Leap years occur 7 times in a 19-year cycle.
• The first day of every month is a ‘new moon’ day. These are called ‘Rosh Chodesh’ (‘Head of the Month’) and are religiously important.
• The first day of Tishrei is when the year count advances (equivalent to 1st January). Years are numbered from a calculation of the date of Creation.
• The religious year, however, starts on 1st Nisan, the opposite point in the year.