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| | Sichos In English: The Letter Sent Out by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Rosh Chodesh Nissan, 5744 |
 | | Together with this came other details of our Jewish Luach (annual calendar), including Ibbur Shonim10 (proclaiming a Leap Year by inserting an additional month of Adar). |
 | | Thus our Luach was instituted on the basis of the Lunar year11 (twelve lunar months), coupled with an adjustment to the Solar year by the intercalation of an additional month after every two or three years,12 making that year a Jewish Leap Year (consisting of 13 months). |
 | | Hence it provides a particularly timely occasion to reflect21 an the significance of our Jewish Leap Year, which, like all Jewish matters, is, first of all, relevant to the state of Yiddishkeit, Torah and Mitzvos in our everyday life. |
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