For Those of You Who are Fans of Jewish A Cappella...

...The most recent Acapodcast is all Jewish a cappella music. I highly recommend it.

In fact, I highly recommend the Acapodcast in general. The host, Chad Bergeron, puts together a nice mix of a cappella music -- sometimes around a given theme, sometimes not -- every two weeks or so.

Getting My Calendar Geek On

OK, so today is 29 February, AKA Leap Day. It is also a Jewish leap year, meaning that we have a second iteration of the month of Adar. We happen to be in the leap month, Adar I, right now. Today is 23 Adar I.

So I was first wondering how often a Jewish leap year and a Gregorian leap year fall out together. I started looking back (using Tamar) and discovered that not only did 29 February 2000 fall out in Adar I, it fell out on 23 Adar I.

Further research shows that a year with an Adar I and a 29 February appear to occur every eight years. 29 February 1992 was 25 Adar I.

What this means, I do not know. I just think it's cool.