Hebrew calendar

Hebrew calendar

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(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) another term for the Jewish calendar

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Hebrew calendar - (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years Jewish calendar Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud lunisolar calendar - a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles Jewish calendar month - a month in the Jewish calendar Tishri - the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October) Heshvan - the second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November) Chislev, Kislev - the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December) Tebet, Tevet - the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January) Shebat, Shevat - the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February) Adar - the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March) Adar Sheni, Veadar - included seven times in every 19 years Nisan, Nissan - the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April) Iyar, Iyyar - the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May) Sivan, Siwan - the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June) Tammuz, Thammuz - the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July) Av, Ab - the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August) Ellul, Elul - the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September)