# Hanukah Goes into 2006?!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanukah-goes-into-2006/329990>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 8, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanukah-goes-into-2006/329990 "2005-11-08T00:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanukah-goes-into-2006/329990/21 "2005-11-13T14:35:24Z")

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For expansion of **gooftroopag** ’s explanation (at least, for the Gregorian calendar), see [Why do we have leap years?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mleapyr.html)

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanukah-goes-into-2006/329990/22 "2005-11-13T15:56:04Z")

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> [@cmkeller](#):
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> Karaites, maybe?

That’s my guess. From one of their websites…

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> Most Karaites today have adopted the Rabbanite “19-year cycle”. Instead of fixing the First Month according to the barley crops (Abib), the 19-year cycle arbitrarily sets every 2nd or 3rd year as a leap year…Yet actual observation of the barley crops has proven that the “19-year cycle” is often in error and does not always give the Month of the Abib as the month for Passover.

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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanukah-goes-into-2006/329990/23 "2005-11-14T00:06:36Z")

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> [@NinjaChick](#):
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> MOTs?
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> Mothers of Time? Medicinally Organized Truckers?
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> I give - what’s an MOT?

I’ll spill the beans, but you’re not gettting the secret handshake out of me. 😉

MOT = Members of the Tribe (as in the 12 tribes of Israel)

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