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.

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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

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Jews followsCalendar Hebrew calendar
Judaism hasCalendar Hebrew calendar
Orthodox Judaism usesCalendar Hebrew calendar
Rosh Hashanah followsCalendar Hebrew calendar
Shabbat basedOn Hebrew calendar
Yom Kippur calendar Hebrew calendar
Sukkot calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Jewish feast of Shavuot calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
subject surface form: Shavuot
Hanukkah calendar Hebrew calendar
Yom HaShoah calendar Hebrew calendar
Yom Ha’atzmaut calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Purim calendar Hebrew calendar
Sivan calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Tammuz calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Tammuz usedIn Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: Jewish liturgical calendar
Tammuz culturalContext Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: Jewish calendar
Ten Days of Repentance calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Kislev partOf Hebrew calendar
Kislev usedIn Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: Jewish liturgical calendar
Cheshvan usedIn Hebrew calendar
Adar I partOf Hebrew calendar
Adar I usedIn Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: lunisolar Hebrew calendar
High Holy Days calendar Hebrew calendar
Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
subject surface form: Yom Tov
Nisan calendar Hebrew calendar
Metonic cycle usedIn Hebrew calendar
Elul usedIn Hebrew calendar
Elul belongsTo Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: Jewish liturgical year
Tishrei calendar Hebrew calendar
Tishrei partOfSystem Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: lunisolar Hebrew calendar
Anno Mundi basedOn Hebrew calendar
Anno Mundi relatedTo Hebrew calendar
Adar calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Adar usedIn Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: Jewish religious calendar
Tisha BAv calendar Hebrew calendar
subject surface form: Tisha B'Av
Tevet partOf Hebrew calendar
Three Regalim calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Hoshana Rabbah calendar Hebrew calendar
Weeks calendar Hebrew calendar
Christian liturgical year influencedBy Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: Jewish liturgical calendar
Day of Independence calendar Hebrew calendar
Israeli civil calendar usesCalendar Hebrew calendar
Israeli civil calendar relatedTo Hebrew calendar
Purim Katan observedInCalendar Hebrew calendar
Marḥeshvan usedIn Hebrew calendar
this entity surface form: Hebrew civil calendar
Marḥeshvan category Hebrew calendar
Shushan Purim calendar Hebrew calendar
Iyar calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
Av calendar Hebrew calendar
Three Weeks calendar Hebrew calendar