The Jewish Calendar, Pt. 1 ('25-'26)

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  1. 2. Sent out when fires could no longer be trusted
  2. 6. They lit false fires to trick the Jews about the new moon
  3. 8. The Jewish months are based on this heavenly body
  4. 9. They reported sighting the new moon to the Sanhedrin
  5. 13. Hebrew name for the Jewish calendar
  6. 14. In Creation, each day followed evening with this
  7. 15. High court that declared the new month in ancient times
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  1. 1. Its destruction displaced the Sanhedrin
  2. 3. The last day of the Jewish week
  3. 4. The Jewish day begins at this time
  4. 5. Name for the start of a new Jewish month
  5. 6. The first day of the Jewish week
  6. 7. There are twenty-nine or __ days in a Jewish month
  7. 10. Number of days in the Jewish week
  8. 11. Method first used to spread news of the new moon
  9. 12. The Jewish calendar has reference to this event
  10. 16. There are twenty-nine and a __ days in the moon’s cycle