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1.) The first letter signifies the day of the week on which the first day of Rosh Hashanah occurs. There are four possibilities: |
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1.1.) Monday, letter beth |
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1.2.) Tuesday, letter gimel |
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1.3.) Thursday, letter he |
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1.4.) Sabbath, letter zain |
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2.) The second letter signifies the year type. There are three possibilities: |
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2.1.) Defective, letter he |
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2.2.) Regular, letter caph |
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2.3.) Excessive, letter shin |
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3.) The third letter signifies the day of the week on which the first day of Pesach occurs. There are four possibilities: |
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3.1.) Sunday, letter aleph |
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3.2.) Tuesday, letter gimel |
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3.3.) Thursday, letter he |
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3.4.) Sabbath, letter zain |
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The 14 kebioth are listed in Table 9.17 for common years and Table 9.18 for leap years. |
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The Jewish religious calendar also recognizes the four cardinal dates of the year the summer and winter solstices and the vernal and autumnal equinoces. These dates are named as seasons, or tekufoth: |
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| Table 9.17 Kebioth for common years. | Year
Type | First Day of
Rosh Hashanah | Year Length | Year
Type | First Day of
Pesach | | 1 | Monday | 353 | defective | Tuesday | | 2 | Sabbath | 353 | defective | Sunday | | 3 | Tuesday | 354 | regular | Thursday | | 4 | Thursday | 354 | regular | Sabbath | | 5 | Monday | 355 | excessive | Thursday | | 6 | Thursday | 355 | excessive | Sunday | | 7 | Sabbath | 355 | excessive | Tuesday |
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