Kebi'ot (Year Types)

The Jewish calendar is composed of cycles of nineteen years, seven of which are leap years. The calendar could be understood easily if one looks at which day of the week Rosh Hashanah or Pesach falls. The following two tables give all types of years (Kebi'ot).

Common Years (seven years)

Year Label The first day of
Rosh Hashanah
occurs on		 The first day of
Pesah
occurs on		 Length of year
A Monday Tuesday Defective 353 days
B Shabbat Sunday Defective 353 days
C Tuesday Thursday Regular 354 days
D Thursday Shabbat Regular 354 days
E Monday Thursday Excessive 355 days
F Thursday Sunday Excessive 355 days
G Shabbat Tuesday Excessive 355 days

Leap Years (seven years)

Year Label The first day of
Rosh Hashanah
occurs on		 The first day of
Pesah
occurs on		 Length of year
H Monday Thursday Defective 383 days
I Thursday Sunday Defective 383 days
J Shabbat Tuesday Defective 383 days
K Tuesday Shabbat Regular 384 days
L Monday Shabbat Excessive 385 days
M Thursday Tuesday Excessive 385 days
N Shabbat Thursday Excessive 385 days

Effects of years on Torah Readings

Throughout the calendar pages, we have annotated different readings based on the "year label" (A, B, C, etc.).