סמינר הלוח העברי - תשס"ה

Jewish Calendar Seminar (04/05)

Time: Wednesday, 4-5 pm
Place: Math and CS Building, room 331 (seminar room)


Academic Year 5765 (04/05), Semester B
 

Date Speaker Title
21 Adar I
(Mar. 2)
Eliyahu Beller
(Bar-Ilan University)
Tequfot, moladot and the miracle of Purim
5 Adar II
(Mar. 16)
Yair Halevi
(MGL, Bar-Ilan University)
Adar I and II with respect to Bar-Mitzva and Yahrzeit dates
12 Adar II
(Mar. 23)
Shay Walter
(IKHS, Kerem Beyavne)
Views of Rishonim regarding the length of the year in the Jewish calendar
19 Adar II
(Mar. 30)
Nachum Dershowitz
(Tel-Aviv University)
Indian lunisolar calendars
4 Nisan
(Apr. 13)
Yehuda Hershkowitz
(Jerusalem)
The astronomical research of Rabbi David Nieto
9 Iyar
(May 18)
Haim Halpern
(Dept. of Physics, Bar-Ilan University)
Statistics of the Jewish calendar
23 Iyar
(June 1)
Magdi Shamuel
(Ashdod)
Karaite predictions of lunar visibility: R. Yehuda Hadasi and "Eshkol Hakofer"
8 Sivan
(June 15)
Haim Benish
(Bney-Beraq)
Shaa Zemanit according to Terumat Haddeshen