tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post7826564546102114714..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: How Old Are You Between Your Hebrew and English Birthdays? Kochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-52008953900631357232015-04-30T09:36:16.508-04:002015-04-30T09:36:16.508-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Yitzchakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16540358059656127222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-45570675667526953572015-04-28T15:42:56.278-04:002015-04-28T15:42:56.278-04:00Oh, and happy birthday!Oh, and happy birthday!Daniel Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087956908558706584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-9395901129652446092015-04-28T15:42:38.207-04:002015-04-28T15:42:38.207-04:00I am also "plenty Orthodox" but I use th...I am also "plenty Orthodox" but I use the secular calendar (strictly: solar calendar) for birthdays. I believe I have the support of Rav Saadia Gaon and the ibn Ezra here, both of whom state that birthdays go by the solar calendar, which was how they recorded birthdays for the ages of animal sacrifices in Temple times. It makes sense, as the lunar calendar technically records months, Daniel Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087956908558706584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-84152751166383008602015-04-28T15:26:51.778-04:002015-04-28T15:26:51.778-04:00Personally, I am still attached to the secular cal...Personally, I am still attached to the secular calendar and don't give much thought to my Hebrew birthday, sometimes I even forget it...<br />Think it depends on the community we live. In a secular neighborhood, mention secular calendar, in a religious community, mention both, in a religious-hassidic-isolated-community, mention only the Hebrew (there's a community like this in Quebec, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-36445118463854347432015-04-28T12:18:45.166-04:002015-04-28T12:18:45.166-04:00I find yahrtzeit dates harder - my dad who was Jew...I find yahrtzeit dates harder - my dad who was Jewish died 3 days after my anniversary, and my Jewish grandmother's date is 2 days later. Also really close to Pesach. So the difficulty is more emotional than calendar-related. Oh, well, lots of happy and sad times are close together on the Hebrew calendar, we just live with it and move forward.<br /><br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-58436026738588957182015-04-28T01:23:36.249-04:002015-04-28T01:23:36.249-04:00similar to you, i am still struggling with the heb...similar to you, i am still struggling with the hebrew calender. after 20 years i still cant tell you the exact order of the hebrew months.<br />for official letter and applications i use both dates (thanks to my smartphone i always know what date we have) and slowly but surly i get used to it. <br />here in israel it becomes more and more trendy to use the hebrew date. (maybe a additional reason Fritzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13386015963951480024noreply@blogger.com