| Jewish Months |
Length |
| Nissan |
30 days |
| Iyyar |
29 days |
| Sivan |
30 days |
| Tammuz |
29 days |
| Av |
30 days |
| Ellul |
29 days |
| Tishri |
30 days |
| Marhesvan |
29/30 days |
| Kislev |
29/30 days |
| Tevet |
29/30 days |
| Shevat |
30 days |
| Adar |
29 days [30 in l/y] |
The Jewish calendar is based on their belief of the date that the universe was created: 3761 BCE. The abbreviation "AM" for Anno Mundi is used. The Jewish year lasts from 354 to 385 days.
Their calendar is lunisolar, the years being solar and the months lunar. As with the Muslim calendar the year is of twelve months that alternate 29 and 30 days in length. In order to celebrate the festivals in their proper season the difference between the lunar (354 days) and the solar (365½ days) is made up by intercalating a thirteenth month of 30 days in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th year of a nineteen-year cycle. This month is called Addar Sheni (second Addar).
The year commences on the New Moon of Tishri. The months are counted beginning at Nissan.
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Purim:- [14 Adar]
The Feast of Lots recalls the defeat by Queen Esther of the plan to slaughter all of the Persian Jews, circa 400 BCE.
Peasch:- [15 Nissan]
Passover is an 8 day festival which commemorates the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt circa 1300 BCE.
Shavuot, :- [5/6 Sivan]
The Feast of Weeks recalls God's revelation of the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai and marks the time when the first harvest was taken to the Temple.
Rosh Hashanah:- [1-2 Tishri]
Is the Jewish New Year, and the anniversary of creation. Start of the 10 days of penitence.
Yom Kippur:- [10 Tishri]
Is the Day of Atonement, a day of fasting and praying which occurs 10 days after the first day of Rosh Hashanah. It is the most solemn day of the Jewish year. |
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Sukkoth:- [15 Tishri]
Sukkoth is an 8 day harvest festival; a time of thanksgiving. Also known as The Feast of Tabernacles it commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions.
Simchat Torah :- [23 Tishri]
Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the yearly cycle of weekly Torah readings.
Hanukkah:- [25 Kislev]
Hanukkah is The Festival of Lights and marks the restoration of the temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE. Hanukkah is celebrated at roughly the same time as Christmas, but there is no connection at all between the festivals.
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