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The Talmud often states calculations of zmanim in terms of the time it takes to walk some distance, stated in mil (Biblical miles). Most authorities reckon the time it takes to walk one mil as being 18 minutes, though there are opinions of up to 24 minutes. [3]
Relative hour (Hebrew singular: shaʿah zǝmanit / שעה זמנית; plural: shaʿot - zǝmaniyot / שעות זמניות), sometimes called halachic hour, temporal hour, seasonal hour and variable hour, is a term used in rabbinic Jewish law that assigns 12 hours to each day and 12 hours to each night, all throughout the year.
From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit—the finger-breadth (Etzba)—can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile (Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...
The concept of a halakhic date line is mentioned in the Baal HaMeor, a 12th-century Talmudic commentary, [2] [3] [6] which seems to indicate that the day changes in an area where the time is six hours ahead of Jerusalem (90 degrees east of Jerusalem, about 125.2°E, a line now known to run through Australia, the Philippines, China and Russia).
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Bein hazmanim blocks divide between the three major yeshiva zmanim (semesters) —the Elul zman, choref (winter) zman, and kayitz (summer) zman. The summer zman is sometimes referred to as the " Pesach zman"—particularly in yeshivas that end their semesters prior to, or at the very beginning of, the summer rather than on Tisha B'Av .
Zman is Hebrew for "time", and may refer to: A time of day with applications in Jewish law; A semester in a Yeshiva; The blessing of Shehechiyanu; Zman Yisrael, the Hebrew-language sister web site of the Times of Israel; The plural form zmanim may also refer to: The third book in Maimonides' Mishneh Torah; A newspaper run by the Progressive ...
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