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#5b THE JEWISH - HEBREW CALENDAR
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This is a table of the Hebrew/Jewish religious and civil calendar showing feast days, agriculture, and harvests.
Name of Month After Babylonian Captivity | Name of Month Before Babylonian Captivity |
Religious Month | Civil Month | Number of Days | Annual Feasts | Agriculture | Western Equivalent |
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נִיסָן Nisan Esther 3:7 | אָבִיב Aviv / Abib Exodus 13:4 |
1 | 7 | 30 | 14th Passover פֶּסַח Pesach 15-21st Feast of Unleavened Bread חַג הַמַּצּוֹת |
Latter Spring Rain Barley Ripe Barley Harvest | March April |
אִייָר / אִיָּר Iyar / Iyyar | זִו Ziv 1 Kings 6:1 |
2 | 8 | 29 | 14th Second Passover 2 Chronicles 30:15 |
April May | |
סִיוָן Sivan Esther 8:9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) Chag Shavu'ot חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת | Wheat Harvest | May June | |
תַּמּוּז Tammuz | 4 | 10 | 29 | Heat increases | June July | ||
אָב Av / Ab | 5 | 11 | 30 | Intense heat | July August | ||
אֱלוּל Elul Nehemiah 6:15 | 6 | 12 | 29 | Grape, Olive, Fig, Harvest Summer fruits | August September | ||
תּשְׁרִי Tishri | אֵתָנִים Ethanim 1 Kings 8:2 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1st Feast of Trumpets 10th Day of Atonement Yom Kippur יוֹם כִּפֻּר Leviticus 16 |
Early rain Ploughing and sowing begin Olive harvest | September October |
חֶשׁוָן Cheshvan | בּוּל Bul 1 Kings 6:38 | 8 | 2 | 29 | Wheat and Barley sown | October November | |
כִּסְלֵו Chislev Nehemiah 1:1 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 25th Chanukkah חֲנֻכָּה | November December | ||
טֵבֵת Tevet Esther 2:16 | 10 | 4 | 29 | December January | |||
שְׁבָט Shevat Zechariah 1:7 | 11 | 5 | 30 | January February | |||
אֲדָר Adar Esther 3:7 | 12 | 6 | 29 | Almond Tree Blossoms Spring rain | February March | ||
אֲדָר שֵׁנִי Adar Sheni | 13 | 29 | Almond Tree Blossoms Spring rain | February March |
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