hebrew calendar

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 115202913)
    referred to in: judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
    is a type of: lunisolar calendar - a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles
    has:
    • 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)
    • ab, av - 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)
    same as: jewish calendar

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