They justified this break with tradition by arguing that it was in fact the contemporary Jewish calendar that had broken with tradition by ignoring the equinox, and that in former times the 14th of Nisan had never preceded the equinox.
Mereka menjustifikasi perubahan tradisi ini dengan alasan bahwa pada kenyataannya kalender Yahudi kontemporer yang telah melanggar tradisi dengan mengabaikan ekuinoks, dan pada zaman dahulu tanggal 14 Nisan tidak pernah mendahului ekuinoks.