Hebrew calendar
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The Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar used primarily for Jewish religious observances, holidays, and the determination of ceremonial dates.
Aliases (6)
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
→
lunisolar calendar → |
| alignsWith |
lunar month
→
solar year → |
| calculationBasis |
astronomical rules
→
rabbinic rules → |
| coexistsWith |
Gregorian calendar
→
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| countsYearsFrom |
Anno Mundi
→
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| epochDescription |
traditional date of creation
→
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| followsCycle |
Metonic cycle
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| hasAverageMonthLength |
about 29.5 days
→
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| hasBiblicalNewYear |
month of Nisan
→
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| hasCommonYearMonthCount |
12
→
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| hasComponent |
days
→
months → weeks → years → |
| hasDayOfRest |
Shabbat
→
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| hasDayStart |
sunset
→
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| hasEpoch |
Hebrew calendar epoch
→
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| hasEraName |
Anno Mundi
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| hasHolidayCycleStart |
month of Tishrei
→
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| hasLanguage |
Hebrew
→
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| hasLeapMonth |
Adar I
→
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| hasLeapYearFrequency |
7 leap years in 19-year cycle
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| hasLeapYearMonthCount |
13
→
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| hasMonth |
Adar
→
Adar I → Adar II → Av → Cheshvan → Elul → Iyar → Kislev → Nisan → Shevat → Sivan → Tammuz → Tevet → Tishrei → |
| hasMonthType |
deficient month
→
full month → regular month → |
| hasVariableMonth |
Cheshvan
→
Kislev → |
| hasWeekLength |
7 days
→
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| hasYearType |
complete year
→
deficient year → regular year → |
| relatedTo |
Jewish law
→
Jewish liturgy → |
| usedBy |
Jewish people
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| usedFor |
Jewish liturgical calendar
→
Jewish religious observances → Torah reading cycle → determining Jewish holidays → yahrzeit calculation → |
| usedIn |
State of Israel (religious context)
→
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| usedToDetermine |
Hanukkah date
→
Omer counting period → Passover date → Purim date → Rosh Hashanah date → Shavuot date → Sukkot date → Yom Kippur date → |
| yearZero |
not used
→
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