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Rabbi Arthur Segal’s love of people, humanity, and Judaism has him sharing with others “The Wisdom of the Ages” that has been passed on to him. His writings for modern Jews offer Spiritual, Ethical, and eco-Judaic lessons in plain English and with relevance to contemporary lifestyles. He is the author of countless articles, editorials, letters, and blog posts, and he has recently published two books:

The Handbook to Jewish Spiritual Renewal: A Path of Transformation for the Modern Jew

and

A Spiritual and Ethical Compendium to the Torah and Talmud

You can learn more about these books at:

www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.org
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH LUNAR CALENDAR: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH LUNAR CALENDAR: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
 
FOLLOW PHASES OF THE MOON TO UNDERSTAND THE JEWISH CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 2016 BLUFFTON SUN

RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL

Shalom and greetings:

In our tour through the Jewish calendar this year, February brings us an additional month, a leap month if you will, named Adar One. It can get confusing, because Adar Two is the regular Adar with its holiday of Purim. Adar One has no real holidays so we will use it to discuss the Jewish Lunar Calendar.  This will help answer why Jewish Holidays fall on deferent dates in the Gregorian calendar, but in the same season.

The first commandment given to the recently freed Hebrew nation involves our Jewish courts setting our lunar calendar as well as its continued modification (Ex. 12:02). Without a calendar the holidays could not be observed and religious chaos would follow.

The Jewish calendar is based on the Moon but regulated by the Sun. Each new moon is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3.5 seconds. Months must have complete days. Jewish months have either 29 or 30 days. 12 lunar months makes a 354 day year. Jewish holidays are seasonal and agriculturally based (Passover is the ''spring holiday''). Hence we have a leap month, a second Adar, seven times in every 19-year cycle. This way Rosh Hashanah and Sukkoth are in the fall, and Passover is in the spring.

In 358 C.E. Rabbi Hillel II preset a lunar calendar for the future and a monthly court would no longer be needed. However the average Hebrew year is slower than the average solar year by about one day in every 216 years. That means that today we celebrate the holidays an average of about 8 days later than did our ancestors in 358 C.E.

Should no new calendar reform take place, our holidays will have drifted out of their appropriate seasons. Passover would be observed in the winter. As you are reading this, ''this'' moment never existed before from the time the Earth was created, and ''this'' moment will never exist again. Every ''now'' has its meaning. Carpe Diem! Seize the day! Cherish and do not waste these precious moments of our lives. A freed people, and a free person, control their time. Let us not be in self-bondage to our clocks and calendars.

 Rabbi Arthur Segal is an international lecturer, author, and teacher. Visit him at www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.org . Email at RabbiASegal@aol.com  . 

RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL
 www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewal www.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
Jewish Renewal
Jewish Spirituality
Hilton Head Island, SC; Bluffton, SC; Savannah, GA

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: BEAUFORT, SC JEWISH WEDDINGS: DESTINATION: INTERFAITH

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: BEAUFORT, SC JEWISH WEDDINGS: DESTINATION: INTERFAITH
 
Please WISH Mazel tov v Siman
 
Tov to Leila and Andrew  who were married
 
 in a Jewish  Traditional Wedding
 
ceremony yesterday, Saturday evening, at 
 
 
Florida, near Jacksonville, Florida! I
 
(Rabbi Arthur  L. Segal) was honored to
 
officiate their  ceremony, and sign
 
 
their Ketubah! Mazel tov!!!! 
 
 
 
 Rabbi Arthur Segal's Jewish Spiritual Renewal  RABBIASEGAL@AOL.COM
 
 

JEWISH WEDDINGS

CONTACT RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL AT RABBIASEGAL@AOL.COM

JEWISH WEDDINGS OFFICIATED BY RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: TRADITIONAL, INTERFAITH, CO-OFFICIANT, DESTINATION

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/262868_10150265476508494_113476883493_7846773_2284419_n.jpg

"One of the Joys of being a Rabbi," says Rabbi Arthur Segal," is working closely with the bride and groom and officiating at their wedding." He can do this with couples living near by or with couples having a destination wedding in the greater beautiful Hilton Head Island area.

Rabbi Arthur Segal helps develop a custom ceremony with the couple so that each word in the ceremony rings true to them. His ceremonies can range from the very traditional to what ever the couples desires. Rabbi opines that this is the couple's special day, and to treat each wedding as unique.

For those who are having an interfaith wedding, Rabbi takes special care to respect both traditions, again with total input from the couple. He will be pleased to co-officiate at weddings, using non-Trinitarian language.

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/RABBI+ARTHUR+SEGAL+OFFICIATING+AT+BEACH+WEDDING+HILTON+HEAD+ISLAND+SC-781513.jpgRabbi Arthur Segal also will do recommitment marriage ceremonies with the same care as he does weddings.

Rabbi will work closely with the wedding planer and/or caterer to make sure the wedding is seamless, and the bride and groom can totally enjoy themselves on their special day.

Rabbi Arthur Segal is available, and actually prefers, to be at the rehearsal, to ensure all is going smoothly, and to get to know the bridal party, and family, before the actual wedding day.

For those that wish to have a Ketubah, rabbi will work closely to make sure everyone's name has correct calligraphy on the document, in English and Hebrew, so the signing ceremony is flawless.

For a beautiful gallery of Ketubahs go to JudaicConnection.com  (My couples receive a $15 shipping discount)

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/morris-wedding-new2.jpg

Rabbi Arthur Segal tries to limit his weddings to Hilton Head, SC, Bluffton, SC, Palmetto Bluff, SC, Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, but has been known to make himself available elsewhere, even out of the USA. He will also conduct weddings and recommitment ceremonies on cruise ships.

In keeping with Jewish ethics, if the couple resides in Rabbi Arthur Segal's town, Rabbi will ask, unless there are some special circumstances, if the couple has first asked the local pulpit rabbi to officiate.

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chuppah-beach.jpg

JEWISH WEDDINGS

CONTACT RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL AT RABBIASEGAL@AOL.COM

JEWISH WEDDINGS OFFICIATED BY RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: TRADITIONAL, INTERFAITH, CO-OFFICIANT, DESTINATION

HILTON HEAD JEWISH WEDDINGSWWW.HILTONHEADJEWISHWEDDINGS.COM/WEDDINGS
HILTON HEAD JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGSWWW.HILTONHEADJEWISHINTERFAITHWEDDINGS.COM/WEDDINGS
SAVANNAH JEWISH WEDDINGS WWW.SAVANNAHJEWISHWEDDINGS.COM/WEDDINGS
HILTON HEAD DESTINATION JEWISH WEDDINGS
HILTON HEAD CO-OFFICIANT JEWISH WEDDINGS
SAVANNAH DESTINATION JEWISH WEDDINGS
SAVANNAH CO-OFFICIANT JEWISH WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

 TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

 SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

 SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

 CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH WEDDINGS

 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA  JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

 
 
 
 
 
 
RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewalwww.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com 
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
Jewish Renewal
Jewish Spirituality
Hilton Head Island, SC; Bluffton, SC; Savannah, GA
 
RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewalwww.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com 
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
Jewish Renewal
Jewish Spirituality
Hilton Head Island, SC; Bluffton, SC; Savannah, GA

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: BLUFFTON, SC JEWISH WEDDINGS: DESTINATION: INTERFAITH

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: BLUFFTON, SC JEWISH WEDDINGS: DESTINATION: INTERFAITH
 
Please WISH Mazel tov v Siman
 
Tov to Leila and Andrew  who were married
 
 in a Jewish  Traditional Wedding
 
ceremony yesterday, Saturday evening, at 
 
 
Florida, near Jacksonville, Florida! I
 
(Rabbi Arthur  L. Segal) was honored to
 
officiate their  ceremony, and sign
 
 
their Ketubah! Mazel tov!!!! 
 
 
 
 Rabbi Arthur Segal's Jewish Spiritual Renewal  RABBIASEGAL@AOL.COM
 
 

JEWISH WEDDINGS

CONTACT RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL AT RABBIASEGAL@AOL.COM

JEWISH WEDDINGS OFFICIATED BY RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: TRADITIONAL, INTERFAITH, CO-OFFICIANT, DESTINATION

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/262868_10150265476508494_113476883493_7846773_2284419_n.jpg

"One of the Joys of being a Rabbi," says Rabbi Arthur Segal," is working closely with the bride and groom and officiating at their wedding." He can do this with couples living near by or with couples having a destination wedding in the greater beautiful Hilton Head Island area.

Rabbi Arthur Segal helps develop a custom ceremony with the couple so that each word in the ceremony rings true to them. His ceremonies can range from the very traditional to what ever the couples desires. Rabbi opines that this is the couple's special day, and to treat each wedding as unique.

For those who are having an interfaith wedding, Rabbi takes special care to respect both traditions, again with total input from the couple. He will be pleased to co-officiate at weddings, using non-Trinitarian language.

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/RABBI+ARTHUR+SEGAL+OFFICIATING+AT+BEACH+WEDDING+HILTON+HEAD+ISLAND+SC-781513.jpgRabbi Arthur Segal also will do recommitment marriage ceremonies with the same care as he does weddings.

Rabbi will work closely with the wedding planer and/or caterer to make sure the wedding is seamless, and the bride and groom can totally enjoy themselves on their special day.

Rabbi Arthur Segal is available, and actually prefers, to be at the rehearsal, to ensure all is going smoothly, and to get to know the bridal party, and family, before the actual wedding day.

For those that wish to have a Ketubah, rabbi will work closely to make sure everyone's name has correct calligraphy on the document, in English and Hebrew, so the signing ceremony is flawless.

For a beautiful gallery of Ketubahs go to JudaicConnection.com  (My couples receive a $15 shipping discount)

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/morris-wedding-new2.jpg

Rabbi Arthur Segal tries to limit his weddings to Hilton Head, SC, Bluffton, SC, Palmetto Bluff, SC, Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, but has been known to make himself available elsewhere, even out of the USA. He will also conduct weddings and recommitment ceremonies on cruise ships.

In keeping with Jewish ethics, if the couple resides in Rabbi Arthur Segal's town, Rabbi will ask, unless there are some special circumstances, if the couple has first asked the local pulpit rabbi to officiate.

http://jewish.server272.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chuppah-beach.jpg

JEWISH WEDDINGS

CONTACT RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL AT RABBIASEGAL@AOL.COM

JEWISH WEDDINGS OFFICIATED BY RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: TRADITIONAL, INTERFAITH, CO-OFFICIANT, DESTINATION

HILTON HEAD JEWISH WEDDINGSWWW.HILTONHEADJEWISHWEDDINGS.COM/WEDDINGS
HILTON HEAD JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGSWWW.HILTONHEADJEWISHINTERFAITHWEDDINGS.COM/WEDDINGS
SAVANNAH JEWISH WEDDINGS WWW.SAVANNAHJEWISHWEDDINGS.COM/WEDDINGS
HILTON HEAD DESTINATION JEWISH WEDDINGS
HILTON HEAD CO-OFFICIANT JEWISH WEDDINGS
SAVANNAH DESTINATION JEWISH WEDDINGS
SAVANNAH CO-OFFICIANT JEWISH WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

CHARLESTON JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

KIAWAH ISLAND JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

ISLE OF PALMS WILD DUNES RESORT JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

PALMETTO BLUFF RESORT JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

BLUFFTON SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

 TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

TYBEE ISLAND GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

 SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

 SEA ISLANDS GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

 CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

CLOISTER RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

JEKYLL ISLAND RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

AMELIA ISLAND RITZ CARLTON RESORT GEORGIA JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH WEDDINGS

 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA BEACHES JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA JEWISH DESTINATION WEDDINGS

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA  JEWISH CO-OFFICIANT WEDDINGS

 
 
 
 
 
 
RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewalwww.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com 
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
Jewish Renewal
Jewish Spirituality
Hilton Head Island, SC; Bluffton, SC; Savannah, GA
 
RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewalwww.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com 
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
Jewish Renewal
Jewish Spirituality
Hilton Head Island, SC; Bluffton, SC; Savannah, GA
 
RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewal www.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com
Jewish Spiritual Renewal
Jewish Renewal
Jewish Spirituality
Hilton Head Island, SC; Bluffton, SC; Savannah, GA