April 15 | Anura Guruge

by Anura Guruge
on April 30, 2023

Click to **ENLARGE**. Link to the ***original at USCIS***.

Click to **ENLARGE**. Link to ***original at ‘timeanddate’***.

I was DREADING getting this question because it is included in the 20 questions possible in the ’65/20′ Test — i.e., for old folks like I, over 65 years in age who have been permanent residents for over 25 years.

I would have, OF COURSE, have answered ‘April 15‘, BUT I would have known that it was not always the case. That would have bothered I. I don’t like giving wrong answers!

I do KNOW my U.S. Taxes. SMILE.

I knew that ‘Tax Day’ is NOT always April 15. This year is a GREAT example. It was on April 18. Ditto next year.

Yes, I know that ‘April 15’ is very ingrained, but there are exceptions.

I am surprised that they haven’t updated or corrected this question or answer. Adding just ‘usually’ would fix it — i.e., “when is the last day, usually, when you can ….“.

by Anura Guruge
on April 10, 2022

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Click to **ENLARGE**. Years when Good Friday & Passover coincide.

This happens more often that you probably realized, i.e., Christian Good Friday & the start of the Jewish Passover falling on the same day (which, of course, has to be a FRIDAY).

It happened back-to-back, in 2018 & then 2019. Do you remember that? It had also happened in 2012 & 2015. So, this is the 5th time in the last 11 years.

However, given that the two holidays are related it should not come as a great surprise that they do fall, close together.

For those that haven’t thought about it the Crucifixion happened just after Passover. Jesus had come to Jerusalem for Passover. The last supper is believed to have a Passover connection.

Hence the connection. In early Christianity Easter was celebrated at the same time as the Passover. So that they fall together, per a now very convoluted and artificial formula used by the Western Church, is to be expected.

Easter Sunday, per the ‘latest’ formula, can fall between March 22 (the day after the nominal ‘March 21’ Spring Equinox) and April 25.

However, Easter Sunday can NEVER COINCIDE with the start of Passover! The formula used to calculate Easter has this built-in.

So, it is always GOOD FRIDAY that can coincide with the start of Passover — and never Easter per se.

Just thought you might find this interesting.

Anura Guruge

An Aficionado of Life.

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