Is it 5781 or 5782?

We are embarking on the year of year 5782 on the Jewish calendar. The new year starts the evening of Monday, September 6 (1st of Tishrei). The Jewish, or Hebrew, calendar is a lunar/solar calendar (months are based on lunar months but years are based on solar years) and is the official calendar in Israel.

Why is the Hebrew year 5781?

The years of the Hebrew calendar are always 3,760 or 3,761 years greater than the Gregorian calendar that most people use. For example, the year 2020 will be the Hebrew years 5780 to 5781 (the discrepancy is because the Hebrew year number changes at Rosh Hashanah, in the fall, rather than on January 1).

What does 5781 mean?

What Hebrew year is 2021?

5781
In 2021, we are in year 5781 of the Jewish calendar (September 19, 2020 – September 6, 2021), and in September the calendar enters the year 5782 (September 6, 2021 -May 19, 2022).

Is 2021 a Sabbath year?

There is little notice of the observance of this year in biblical history and it appears to have been much neglected. The next Shmita year is 2021-2022 (5782).
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Shmita.
Halakhic texts relating to this article
Torah: Exodus 23:10–11, Leviticus 25:2–7 Leviticus 25:20–22 and Deuteronomy 15:1–3.
Mishnah: Shevi’it (tractate)