[2] The intercalary month, Veadar, is introduced in embolismic years in order that Passover, the 15th day of Nisan, may be kept at its proper season, which is the full moon of the vernal equinox, or that which takes place after the sun has entered the sign Aries.
The following table shows when Tisri 1, the Jewish New-Year, occurs for each of the next five years by our calendar.
| Tisri 1, | 5647 == | September | 30, 1886. |
| „ | 5648 == | „ | 19, 1887. |
| „ | 5649 == | „ | 6, 1888. |
| „ | 5650 == | „ | 26, 1889. |
| „ | 5651 == | „ | 15, 1890. |
100. What was the name of the penitent thief?
St. Dismas is the name which Romish tradition has attached to the “good thief.” He is represented with a cross beside him.
101. What was the origin of the term “halcyon days”?
The seven days which precede and the seven days which follow the shortest day were, by the ancients, called halcyon days, on account of the fable that, during this time, while the halcyon bird, or kingfisher, was breeding, there always prevailed calms at sea. From this the phrase “halcyon days” has come to signify times of peace and tranquillity.
102. Who was the “Christ of India”?
Buddha Gautama (624–543 B. C.), the reputed founder of Buddhism, has been so termed. He was of ascetic habits, till, tempted by his father, he abandoned himself to every pleasure. Afterward he renounced the world, and as a result of long study and bodily maceration, discovered that non-sentient repose is the highest good attainable by the pure and the just.
103. What religious sect anoint the sick with oil, depending upon this unction and prayer, and rejecting the use of medicine?