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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hebrew calendar canonical | 57 |
| Jewish liturgical calendar | 4 |
| Jewish calendar | 3 |
| lunisolar Hebrew calendar | 2 |
| Hebrew civil calendar | 1 |
| Jewish liturgical year | 1 |
| Jewish religious calendar | 1 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
ⓘ
lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| alignsWith |
lunar month
ⓘ
solar year ⓘ |
| calculationBasis |
astronomical rules
ⓘ
rabbinic rules ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
ⓘ
surface form:
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 I ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| usedFor |
Jewish liturgical calendar
ⓘ
Jewish religious observances ⓘ Torah reading cycle ⓘ determining Jewish holidays ⓘ yahrzeit calculation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shavuot
this entity surface form:
Jewish calendar
subject surface form:
Yom Tov
this entity surface form:
lunisolar Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form:
Jewish liturgical calendar
this entity surface form:
Hebrew civil calendar