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.


Statements (67)
Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar system
lunisolar calendar
alignsWith lunar month
solar year
calculationBasis astronomical rules
rabbinic rules
coexistsWith Gregorian calendar
countsYearsFrom Anno Mundi
epochDescription traditional date of creation
followsCycle Metonic cycle
hasAverageMonthLength about 29.5 days
hasBiblicalNewYear month of Nisan
hasCommonYearMonthCount 12
hasComponent days
months
weeks
years
hasDayOfRest Shabbat
hasDayStart sunset
hasEpoch Hebrew calendar epoch
hasEraName Anno Mundi
hasHolidayCycleStart month of Tishrei
hasLanguage Hebrew
hasLeapMonth Adar I
hasLeapYearFrequency 7 leap years in 19-year cycle
hasLeapYearMonthCount 13
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
hasYearType complete year
deficient year
regular year
relatedTo Jewish law
Jewish liturgy
usedBy Jewish people
usedFor Jewish liturgical calendar
Jewish religious observances
Torah reading cycle
determining Jewish holidays
yahrzeit calculation
usedIn State of Israel (religious context)
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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