the Jewish calendar

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• Jewish Calendar — • Details include days, weeks, months, years, and eras Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jewish Calendar     Jewish Calendar      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 B.C. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century A.D., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year), 354 days (regular… …   Universalium

• Jewish calendar — n. a calendar used by the Jews in calculating Jewish history, holidays, etc., based on the lunar month and reckoned from 3761 B.C., the traditional date of the Creation: see the Jewish calendar in the Reference Supplement …   English World dictionary

• Jewish calendar month — noun a month in the Jewish calendar • Hypernyms: ↑calendar month, ↑month • Hyponyms: ↑Tishri, ↑Heshvan, ↑Kislev, ↑Chislev, ↑Tebet, ↑Tevet, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Jewish calendar — Jew ish cal en*dar A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for the Creation. Note: It received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about 360 a. d. The present names of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh — is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday for the Jewish community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and the surrounding area. The newspaper is managed, written, owned, and distributed by the Jewish Publication and Education Foundation.… …   Wikipedia

• Missing years (Jewish calendar) — The missing years in the Hebrew calendar refer to a discrepancy of some 165 years between the traditional Hebrew dating for the destruction of the First Temple and the modern secular dating for it (586 BCE) that results if its traditional date… …   Wikipedia

• Jewish calendar — noun (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 • Syn: ↑Hebrew calendar • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

• Jewish calendar — noun The annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the Jewish holidays, which Torah portions to read, Yahrzeits, and which set of Psalms should be read each day …   Wiktionary

• Jewish calendar — lunar based calendar which is used in the Jewish religion to determine the dates of holidays and other important events …   English contemporary dictionary

• Jewish Calendar —   Months Days   Tishri 30   Cheshvan 29 or 30   Kislev 29 or 30   Tebet 29   Shebat 30   Adar 29   Nisan 30   Iyyar 29   Sivan 30   Tammuz 29   Ab 30   Elul 29   Note: The date of the new year varies, but normally falls in the second half of… …   International financial encyclopaedia