Food for thought! I knew the Jewish week is very different from the Western week, but I forgot or was not aware that the Jewish calendar is also very different, except for Yom Kippur.
"... The Jewish calendar differs fundamentally from the Gregorian calendar because it is a lunisolar system rather than a purely solar system. ...
Starting Epoch: The Gregorian calendar counts from the estimated birth of Christ. The Jewish calendar counts from the calculated date of Creation (3761 BCE), meaning the year 2026 CE falls during the Jewish year 5786. ...
The Jewish calendar has a different beginning and end of the year because it follows two distinct biblical tracking tracks—one for the agricultural/civil cycle and another for the historical/religious cycle. This is vastly different from the Gregorian calendar, which relies on a single, fixed civil New Year on January 1st that was arbitrarily set by Roman politics. ..." (Google Search/AI)
"It may be the middle of summer on the Gregorian calendar right now, but on the Jewish calendar, we are approaching the end of the year. The month of Elul begins this year at sundown on August 13. Although Elul contains no major Jewish holidays, it is quite an important period of reflection and preparation for the High Holidays, which begin with Rosh Hashanah on the first of the following Hebrew month, Tishrei. ...
However, asking Hashem for forgiveness is not enough when we have wronged another person. For those transgressions, we must take responsibility, make amends, and seek forgiveness directly from the person we have hurt. ...
Eleazar of Worms, a 12th-century Jewish scholar also known as the Rokeach, points to a connection between Elul and a verse from the Song of Songs: אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי (Ani L’dodi V’dodi li), meaning “I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me.” The verse is an acronym for the Hebrew month of Elul — אלול — using the first letter of each word to form the name of the month. ..."
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