Why the Jewish Pesach or Passover and the Islamic 'Ashura' don't fall on the same day?

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                          As far as I know the Jewish calendar is (or was) a lunar calendar as our Islamic calendar. And among Muslims the hadith of ibn 'Abbas  saying that Jews in Medina used to fast the 10th of Muharram is well known.

So why the days of 'Ashura' and Pesach  don't fall together?

Asked by Sassir (2288 rep)

Oct 12, 2016, 06:24 AM
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Why the Jewish Pesach or Passover and the Islamic 'Ashura' don't fall on the same day?

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