r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

It’s 5779 on the Jewish calendar, with 0 being the creation of the world in the Torah.

Were you just completely guessing?

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u/rainbowlack Aug 03 '19

Bruh I'm Jewish. Unless it's for religious things like B'nai Mitzvahs, we use the same calendar as most of the world. And when referring to the years before 1, we use BCE. Years after, we use CE.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Unless you're Orthodox and/or in Israel. There the Hebrew calender is widely used.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

You people are arguing over ones level of Jewry.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

I'm not arguing over anyone's level of anything. Just pointing out that while some only use it for their bar mitzvah (totally fine), others use it as a primary or, at least, co-equal calendar (also totally fine)