Cheshvan

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Cheshvan is the eighth month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally noted for having no major Jewish holidays.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cheshvan canonical 6
Marcheshvan 2
חשוון 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.

Hebrew calendar hasMonth Cheshvan
Kislev follows Cheshvan
Cheshvan alsoKnownAs Cheshvan
this entity surface form: Marcheshvan
Cheshvan hasHebrewName Cheshvan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: חשוון
Cheshvan hasHebrewNameVariant Cheshvan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: מרחשוון
Tishrei precedes Cheshvan
Marḥeshvan hasAlternativeName Cheshvan
this entity surface form: Marcheshvan