Irv replies: Starting to use the new calendar is not a problem, de facto the entire World switched today -- today the World begins a 7-year trial of the new calendar!
All that is needed is a decision to remain on the new calendar when, 7 years from now, the Traditional Hebrew calendar will insert a leap month one year before the Rectified Hebrew calendar will...
-- Irv Bromberg, Toronto, Canada
On 2009 Mar 26, at 10:14 , Amos Shapir wrote:
Now all you have to do is convince some prominent Rabbies to start using the new calendar! However I'm afraid it might take more than 7 years to do that... :-(
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:02:01 -0400
From: irv.bromberg@...
Subject: 7 years start today
To: CALNDR-L@...
Dear Calendar People:
Starting today, the Traditional (fixed arithmetic) Hebrew calendar and my Rectified Hebrew calendar agree on all dates for 7 consecutive years.
A switch to the Rectified Hebrew calendar any time in this interval would happen without any date jump.
