Today's Question - And, I thought the census questionnaire was tough! Tony asked Mitch, "How old is your son?" Mitch replied, "My son is 5 times as old as my daughter and my wife is 5 times as old as my son. I am Cashin’s Comments April 6, 2017 Page 3 of 3 twice as old as my wife and her great aunt, who is 81, is as old as all of us put together." How old is Mitch's son?

Reveal Answer Answer - The formula for when Easter falls, as you probably know, is that it shall be the first Sunday on, or after, the first full moon following the Vernal Equinox, the first day of Spring. It was set by the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. which as you remember was called by the Emperor Constantine. Because of the formula's basis in Astronomy, Easter can never be later than April 25 nor earlier than March 22. Passover, on the other hand is on the 15th day of the month of Nisan. Now as you may have guessed, the Council of Nicaea suspected that not everyone's calendar, even with the picture of the two kittens climbing out of a basket, would have the month of Nisan on it. So to avoid bothering their Jewish neighbors by asking each Spring when is the 15th of Nisan, they approximated the date with the above mentioned astronomical formula. Since the month of Nisan always starts on a new moon (as does every month in the Jewish calendar), the 15th of the month would be at - or proximate to - a full moon. That's why the two holidays are tied so closely together each year. This year they are only three off from their original link. Passover was on Thursday before the first Easter. This year Passover begins at sundown on Monday evening. (Special thanks to Mr. Joseph Berman for his input on the Biblical Lunar Calendar.)

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