Playlist: Hillel II (topic)
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A Calendar Summary
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughHillel II published the rules of the calculated Hebrew calendar in 358-359 AD, and he belonged to the Jerusalem school of rabbis. Authority over the calendar had rested with the Jerusalem rabbis since the days of Ezra, and the Sanhedrin's calendar court, the bet din , was responsible for keeping it accurate. In his day a …
Faith and the Calendar (Part One)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughHillel II was the Jews' chief leader, responsible for regulating the calendar. When the Romans put an end to the visual observation of the new moons, he was forced to issue a decree for the year AD 358-359 that reinstituted the authority of the fixed calendar known today as the Hebrew Calendar. God used this to correct those who …