| Noun | 1. | Jewish calendar month - a month in the Jewish calendar Hebrew calendar, Jewish 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 calendar month, month - one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month" 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) |