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Sales of local calendars combining traditional Indian calendars are rising, but the expertise to draw them is dwindling.

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Opponents of the Gregorian Calendar Date On the other hand, some of the Gedolei Yisrael (imminent rabbis) strongly opposed using the Gregorian date, claiming that those who used it were being ...