Jewish Calendar Seminar

Time: Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 pm
Place: Math building, 3rd floor seminar room



Academic Year 5762 (2001-02), Semester B
 

Date Speaker Title
18 Iyar (Apr 30) Simcha Velner (Bar-Ilan University) The Jewish calendar in a Piyut
25 Iyar (May 7) Ari Belenkiy (Bar-Ilan University) What was the calendar introduced by Hillel II ?
3 Sivan (May 14) Ya'aqov Loewinger (Tel-Aviv) Specific problems in determining Halakhic times of the day: a historical view
10 Sivan (May 21) Dror Fixler (Bar-Ilan University) Measures of time and length according to the Rambam
17 Sivan (May 28) Roy Hoffman (Hebrew University) Better prediction of lunar visibility
24 Sivan (June 4) Eran Raviv (Revava) 7d 9h 642p or 9h 642p: the Epoch for Tequfot according to Shmuel and Rav Ada
1 Tamuz (June 11) Chayim Benish (Bney-Beraq) On the Fast of 17 in Tamuz
8 Tamuz (June 18) Shai Walter (IKHS, Kerem Beyavne) The scientific revolution: motions of the planets