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A look at the Jewish calenc

Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor

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f 30 days bath September, and the rest have 31 or 29
or something like that, how many does Tishrei have, and
what about Elul? And what holiday falls in the month of

sign Libra. Holidays this month: Rosh Hashanah, Tzom (the
fast of) Gedaliah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hoshana Rabbah,
Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah.

Heshvan lasts either 29 or 30 days, and will never
begin on Sunday, Tuesday or Friday. It is associated with the
Tribe of Dan and the astrological
sign Scorpio. The great flood, in
which Noah set out on the ark,
began on the 17th of Heshvan;
but there are no holidays this
month (consequently, some con-
sider it "bitter" and will not have
a wedding during Heshvan).
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or December, and is associated
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with the Tribe of Gad and the

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she should begin observing
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But first ... Did you know that
lasts 29 days, is associated with
for many years the Hebrew
the Tribe of Asher and the astro-
months were known only by
logical sign Capricorn. The last day, or days, of Chanukah
their numbers? Names for the months came into popular
come this month, as does the Fast of Tevet.
during the Babylonian Exile, 586-536 BCE.
Shevat always lasts 30 days and, throughout this centu-
ry, always begins in January. It is associated with the Tribe
Tishrei is Aramaic for shera, or "to begin." It is always
30 days long, and begins either in September or October. It
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