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Jewish Calendar And Feasts

Jewish Month	Our Month	Festival On What Day Of The Month	Seasons And Harvest
		SHABBAT The Sabbath	Every week from Friday Evening to Saturday Evening; one of the Holiest days in the calendar.
Nisan/ Abib 30 Days	April	1st New Moon 14th Passover PESACH Passover commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The *Seder Service* on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus. The last two days of Pesach are also observed as full holy days. In 2001, on 8-9th. 15th-21st Unleavened Bread	Spring Rains (Deut 11:14) Floods (Josh 3:15) Barley ripe at Jericho
Iyar/ Zif 29 Days	May	1st New Moon 14th Second Passover (Makeup) SHAVUOT Feast of Weeks; marks the giving of the Law (Torah) at Mt. Sinai. In 2001, on 28th-29th.	Barley Harvest (Ruth 1:22) Wheat Harvest Summer Begins No Rain (1 Sam 12:17)
Sivan 30 Days	June	1st New Moon 6th Pentecost	No Rain
Thammuz 29 Days	July	1st New Moon 17th Fast To Remember the Taking of Jerusalem	Higher Temperatures
Ab 30 Days	August	1st New Moon 9th Fast To Remember the Destruction of the Temple	Streams Dry Up Higher Temperatures (Lev 26:5)
Elul 29 Days	September	1st New Moon	Higher Temperatures (2 Kings 4:19) Grape Harvest (Num 13:23)
Tishri/ Ethanim 30 Days	October	1st New Year: ROSH HASHANAH The Jewish New Year; start of the Ten Days of Penitence. September 30 - October 1 in 2001. 1st Day of Trumpet, of Judgment, of Memorial (Num 29:1) 10th Day of Atonement (Lev 16) YOM KIPPUR A very solemn day of the year, devoted to fasting, prayer, and repentance. October 9th in 2001. SUKKOT First two days of Tabernacles; commorating the dwelling of the Israelites in booths in the wilderness. 15th-21st Tabernacles (Lev 23:34) 22nd Solemn Assembly SHEMINI ATZERET Eighth Day of Assembly SIMCHAT TORAH Rejoicing of the Law.	Former/ Early Rains Start (Joel 2:23) Plowing/ Sowing Starts
Marchesvan/ Bul 29 Days	November	1st New Moon	Wheat/ Barley Sown Vintage in N. Palestine
Kislev/ Chislev 30 Days	December	1st New Moon HANUKKAH Feast of Lights; victory of the Maccabees and rededication of the Temple. December 22-29 in 2001. 25th Dedication (John 10:22, 29)	Winter Begins Snow on Mountains
Tebeth 29 Days	January	1st New Moon 10th Fast To Remember Siege of Jerusalem	Coldest Month Hail/ Snow (Josh 10:11)
Shebat 30 Days	February	1st New Moon	Weather Warms
Adar 29 Days	March	1st New Moon 13th Fast of Ether 14th-15th Purim PURIM Celebrates defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia. In 2001, on 9th.	Thunder/ Hail Almond Trees Blossom
Veadar Leap Year	March-April	1st New Moon 13th Fast of Esther 14-15 Purim	Intercalary Month

The Jewish year is strictly lunar, that is, based on the cycle of the moon rise and set. This gives each month around 29.5 days, or 354 days in a year. The Jewish Holy Year begins with the New Moon of spring (approximately March 22-April 25 of our year). Veadar is a thirteenth month, introduced 7 times every 19 years, to keep the seasons in their proper months. The Jewish day always begins at the sunset of the previous day, i.e., their Thursday would start on our Wednesday Sunset, and end at our Thursday Sunset.

This chart was devised by one of the saints at Helena First Baptist Church, Helena, Mississippi