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Name of Month |
Our Month |
Number of Days |
Month in Civil Calendar |
Month in
Sacred
Calendar |
Tishri |
Sep-Oct |
30 |
1 |
7 |
Heshvan |
Oct-Nov |
29 o 30 |
2 |
8 |
Chislev |
Nov-Dec |
29 o 30 |
3 |
9 |
Tebeth |
Dec-Jan |
29 |
4 |
10 |
Shebat |
Jan-Feb |
30 |
5 |
11 |
Adar |
Feb-Mar |
29 o 30 |
6 |
12 |
Nisan |
Mar-Apr |
30 |
7 |
1 |
Iyar |
Apr-May |
29 |
8 |
2 |
Sivan |
May-Jun |
30 |
9 |
3 |
Tammuz |
Jun-Jul |
29 |
10 |
4 |
Ab |
Jul-Aug |
30 |
11 |
5 |
Elul |
Aug-Sep |
29 |
12 |
6 |
The Jews had two types of calendars:
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Civil calendar - official calendar of kings, childbirth, and contracts
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Sacred calendar - from which festivals were computed
Jewish months were alternately 29 and 30 days long.
Their year was shorter than ours, having only 354 days.
About every 3 years (7 times in 19 years), there was an extra 29 day month,
Veadar, between Adar and Nisan |
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Israel's Annual Feasts
Festival |
Month of Sacred Year |
Day of
Month |
Our Month |
Verses in the Bible |
Passover |
1 - Abib |
14 |
Mar - Apr |
Ex 12:1-14; Lev 23:5; Num 9:1-14, 28:16; Deut 16:1-7 |
Unleavened
Bread * |
1 - Abib |
15-21 |
Mar - Apr |
Ex 12:15-20, 13:3-10; Lev 23:6-8; Num 28:17-25; Deut 16:3, 4, 8 |
First Fruits |
1 - Abib y
3 - Sivan |
16
6 |
Mar - Apr
Mayo - Jun |
Lev 23:9-14; Num 28:26 |
Pentecost * |
3 Sivan |
6 (50 días después de la Pascua) |
May - Jun |
Ex 23:16, 34:22; Lev 23:15-21; Num 28:26-31; Deut 16:9-12 |
Trumpets |
7 Tishri |
1 |
Sep - Oct |
Lev 23:23-25; Num 29:1-6 |
Day of
Atonement |
7 - Tishri |
10 |
Sep - Oct |
Lev 16, 23:26-32; Num 29:7-11 |
Tabernacles * |
7 - Tishri |
15 - 22 |
Sep - Oct |
Ex 23:16, 34:22; Lev 23:33-36, 39-43; Num 29:12-38; Deut 16:13-15 |
* The three major feasts for which all males of Israel
were required to travel to the temple in Jerusalem
Ex 23:14-19 |
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