| POSITION OF MONTH IN SACRED YEAR | MONTH | MODERN EQUIVALENT | FESTIVALS | SEASONS AND PRODUCTIONS | 
| 1 | Nisan/Abib | March-April | 14. Passover, Pesah (Ex.12:1-13, 21-27; Lev.23:4-5; Dt.16:1-3, 5-7) 15-21.  Unleavened Bread, Haghammassot (Ex.12:14-20; Lev.23:6-8; Dt. 16:4,8) Day  After Sabbath (16) First Fruits, Wave-Sheaf, Bikkurim, Omer (Lev.23:10-14) | Spring Rains (Dt.11:14) Floods (Josh 3:5)  Barley Ripe (April – June: Harvest) | 
| 3 | Sivan | May-June | Fifty Days After First-Fruits (5) Pentecost,   Shabuoth, Feast of Weeks,   Feast of Harvest (Ex.23:16; 34:22; Num.28:26; Lev.23:16-21; Dt.16:9- 12) | Wheat Harvest Vine Tending | 
| 7 | Tishri | Sept – Oct | 1.  Trumpets, Rosh Hashanah, Yom T’rua (Num.29:1-6; Lev.23:24-25; Num.28:11-15) 10. Day  of Atonement, Yom Kippur (Lev.16:1-34; Num.29:7-11; Lev.23:26-31; Ex.30:10- 20) 15-21.  Tabernacles,   Hag Hassukkot (Lev.23:34; Num.29:12-38; Ex.23:16; 34:22; Dt.16:13) | Seed Time Former or Early Rains Begin (Joel 2:23) Plowing and Sowing Begins | 
A placebo is a non-therapeutic substance administered under the camouflage of medication to deceive patients into believing that they are receiving medications; this done solely for psychological and not for physiological effects. Placebo may usually be used to compare its effects with the effects of other drugs in drug research. Let's take the case of an experiment that tries to establish whether a particular drug, say to treat weariness, is genuine or merely has the effects of a placebo. Suppose 20 candidates are chosen for this experiment. 10 are given the drug and the rest are put on a placebo while they are told that the placebo is a genuine medication. They need to make sure that the deception is well carried on for the success of the experiment. If both the groups make similar improvements after taking the treatments, the new drug seems to only function as a placebo in effect. The basic hypothesis of the placebo raises the question of mind over matter. Of course, this pushes...
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