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A quick Google and Wikipedia search has been unable to locate a satisfactory answer to this question:

Both Passover and Easter are scheduled based on the 19-year Metonic cycle. In some years, such as this one, however, Judaism intercalates the extra month one year before the Western Church does, resulting in Easter and Passover not coinciding. What is the nature of the difference in calculation, when was that difference introduced, and why?

When I read the Bible -- especially the Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy) -- I identify with the people I'm reading about. Regardless of the historical accuracy, I feel that I'm reading about my ancestors, my family, my people, and so the narrative has an immediacy that is lacking in other great literature.

Do others relate to the characters in Genesis the same way that they relate to Odysseus, Beowulf, Hamlet, and Arthur Dent? Do cultural Jews feel the same affinity that I do? Would non-Jews differ in their responses by religion/denomination?

This is something I've been wondering about since I made that Hanukkah puzzle. ( Spolier )