Man was not made for the Sabbath
The Sabbath was made for man.
A few years ago, a Brother arrived in Israel promoting a new calendar based on 364 days, what some refer to as the Enoch calendar, because he said he had been shown that the number 4 is very powerful and has great spiritual significance, and 364 adds up to 13 and then reduces to 4. He had an abundance of literature and personal calculations he had done, and his presentation was impressive, leading me to consider seriously the information he shared.
My first conclusion was that while the calendar named for him is 364 days in length, Enoch himself lived, according to the Bible, 365 years, and was no more/taken, which seemed to say to me that 365 is the number that should be associated with him, especially considering it is now a proven fact that the solar year is 365.2425 days in length. But I liked the concept about the importance of the number 4, so I thought, why not a 13-month calendar? and set about making one.
After I had created my calendar- which begins with the spring-equinox- I thought to myself, I wonder if anyone else thought of this? and, sure enough, found out that I was late to the game: the International Fixed Calendar was already a reality! An article came out last year about this calendar that I happened upon recently and found very interesting, so I am sharing it here and will comment further on it.
Opposition to the calendar from the Jewish people was based on the position that the Sabbath is a set-time/day, and the new calendar would alter that cycle. However, the 7th day Sabbath is determined by the cycle of work, i.e. 6 days are set-aside for labor and the 7th is a Sabbath, whenever you begin the 6+1 cycle! In the 13 months calendar the last day- or last two days in a leap year- will be free days upon which no work is done, therefore there is no interruption of the 6+1 cycle. Yom Kippur is the highest of the Holydays, yet it falls on a different day each year because it is based on a lunar cycle and loses none of its sanctity because of that.
I am certain all the other objections could have been worked out as well and a way found to usher in this unifying concept. I guess it’s like the Americans clinging to their system of measurement while the rest of the world is moving towards the metric; some people just want to do things their own way.
I chose, as I mentioned, to begin my calendar with the spring-equinox: this is based on Exodus 12 and 13.
1 And YHWH spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:
2 'This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
4 This day ye go forth in the month Abib.
This just so happens to align with the Islamic solar-calendar:
The Solar Hijri calendar[a] is a solar calendar and one of the various Iranian calendars. It begins on the March equinox as determined by the astronomical calculation for the Iran Standard Time meridian (52.5°E, UTC+03:30) and has years of 365 or 366 days. It is the modern principal calendar in Iran and is sometimes also called the Shamsi calendar and Khorshidi calendar. It is abbreviated as SH, HS or, by analogy with AH, AHSh.
The ancient Iranian Solar calendar is one of the oldest calendars in the world, as well as the most accurate solar calendar in use today. Since the calendar uses astronomical calculation for determining the vernal equinox, it has no intrinsic error.[2][3][4][5]
If the Israelites had observed the instructions given and began their solar-year with the spring-equinox, they would have been in-sync with their Islamic brethren and the cycles of YHWH. Maybe it is the season for a new beginning…
The word Nowruz (Novruz, Navruz, Nooruz, Nevruz, Nauryz), means new day; its spelling and pronunciation may vary by country.
Nowruz marks the first day of spring and is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on 21 March. It is celebrated as the beginning of the new year by more than 300 million people all around the world and has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and other regions.1
International Nowruz Day | United Nations