When does the day begin?
🌐 The Gezer Calendar When does the day begin? I debated this with a friend. I always believed the day started in the evening because in the Torah it states that evening and morning are the first day. But it dawned on me that the ancient Germans as well as the ancient Greeks also believed the day began in the evening. But modern Germans and modern Greek people do not think this way anymore. How come? The answer is obvious. The shift to the Gregorian calendar. If you use a lunisolar calendar the day must begin in the evening because the start of every month begins with the first waxing crescent. Your day has to start in the evening when you can observe the moon. So the Talmud uses day one to prove that the day starts in the evening. Gen. 1:5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. But look at day six. Evening and morning were the sixth day. The next verse doesn't s...