{"id":22782,"date":"2025-09-27T19:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=22782"},"modified":"2025-09-27T19:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:23:34","slug":"the-rabbinic-jewish-calendar-following-error-for-the-sake-of-unity-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2025\/09\/27\/the-rabbinic-jewish-calendar-following-error-for-the-sake-of-unity-really\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rabbinic Jewish Calendar\u2014Following Error for the Sake of Unity? Really???"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All the time, I hear people say, &#8220;I follow the traditional or rabbinic Jewish calendar<\/strong> when celebrating the biblical feasts because I want to be in unity with my Jewish brothers.&#8221; Is this a biblically-based argument? Does it line up with what the Bible says? 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