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IN reply to “Myops” in NATURE, No. III, p. 123, the English New Moon of the Jews is really the Month-Head (Caput mensis), formed from an artificial system. The true mean conjunction derived from the 19-year cycle is called the Molad or Moon-Birth, and generally differs from the festival-day.
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DRACH, S. Lunar Calendars. Nature 5, 204 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005204b0
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