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Why is Birkat Hachamah on the 8th of April when the equinox falls 19 days earlier?

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Why is Birkat Hachamah on the 8th of April when the equinox falls 19 days earlier?

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This has to do with the fact that the length of the “tropical year” used to compute the date of Birkat Hachamah is slightly longer than the actual tropical year. See Calculating the Date of Birkat Hachamah for an extensive discussion on this issue.