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Shevat (Hebrew: שְׁבָט , Standard Šəvaṭ, Tiberian Šeḇāṭ; from Akkadian Šabātu) is the fifth month of the civil year starting in Tishre (or Tishri) and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar starting in Nisan. It is a month of 30 days.
Sivan (Hebrew: סִיוָן, Modern: Sivan, Tiberian: Siwān, from Akkadian simānu, meaning "season; time") is the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a month of 30 days.
The name Tu BiShvat is originally from the Hebrew date of the holiday, which occurs on the fifteenth day of Shevat. "Tu" stands for the Hebrew letters Tet and Vav, which together have the numerical value of 9 and 6, adding up to 15. [a] The date may also be called "Ḥamisha Asar BiShvat" (חמשה-עשר בשבט , 'Fifteenth of Shevat'). [2]
The 1st of Shevat is the new year for trees—so the school of Shammai, but the school of Hillel say: On the 15th thereof. [22] Two of these dates are especially prominent: 1 Nisan is the ecclesiastical new year, i.e. the date from which months and festivals are counted. [23]
1 Sivan: May 12, 2021 Rosh Chodesh of Sivan: 6 Sivan (1-day communities) / 6-7 Sivan (2-day communities) May 17, 2021/ May 17–18, 2021 Shavuot: One of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. Public holiday in Israel. 20 Sivan May 31, 2021 Fast of the Khmelnytsky massacres: Not widely observed 29 Sivan June 9, 2021 Yom Kippur Katan: Optional.
Tishri-years, often called the Jewish Civil Calendar, is an ancient calendar system used in Israel/Judea, and the Jewish diaspora.It is based on, and is a variation of, the Nisan-years, which is often called the Jewish Religious Calendar.
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The period from 1 Adar (or Adar II, in leap years) to 29 Cheshvan contains all of the festivals specified in the Bible - Purim (14 Adar), Pesach (15 Nisan), Shavuot (6 Sivan), Rosh Hashanah (1 Tishrei), Yom Kippur (10 Tishrei), Sukkot (15 Tishrei), and Shemini Atzeret (22 Tishrei). This period is fixed, during which no adjustments are made.