Cheshvan
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Cheshvan is the eighth month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally noted for having no major Jewish holidays.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheshvan canonical | 6 |
| Marcheshvan | 2 |
| חשוון | 1 |
| מרחשוון | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar month
ⓘ
month of the Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cheshvan
ⓘ
surface form:
Marcheshvan
|
| alsoSpelled | Marḥeshvan ⓘ |
| associatedPrayerChange | start of “Veten Tal Umatar” in some rites ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Jewish religious calendar ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar ⓘ |
| containsFastDay | none of the four major public fasts ⓘ |
| containsHighHolyDay | none ⓘ |
| containsPilgrimageFestival | none ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom | Akkadian month name ⓘ |
| follows | Tishrei ⓘ |
| followsMajorHolidays |
Rosh Hashanah
ⓘ
Shemini Atzeret ⓘ Shemini Atzeret ⓘ
surface form:
Simchat Torah
Sukkot ⓘ Yom Kippur ⓘ |
| hasApproximateGregorianCorrespondence |
November
ⓘ
October ⓘ |
| hasCategory | Hebrew calendar months ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName |
Cheshvan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
חשוון
|
| hasHebrewNameVariant |
Cheshvan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
מרחשוון
|
| hasLength |
29 days
ⓘ
30 days ⓘ |
| lengthVariesBy | Hebrew leap year rules ⓘ |
| nameOriginRegion |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| numericMonthInCivilYear | second month ⓘ |
| numericMonthInReligiousYear | eighth month ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Jewish liturgical year
ⓘ
civil Hebrew year ⓘ |
| positionInHebrewCalendar | eighth month ⓘ |
| precedes | Kislev ⓘ |
| seasonInLandOfIsrael | beginning of the rainy season ⓘ |
| traditionalCharacteristic |
considered a “bitter” month by some traditions
ⓘ
has no major Jewish festivals ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| usedIn | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marcheshvan
this entity surface form:
חשוון
this entity surface form:
מרחשוון
this entity surface form:
Marcheshvan