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Kislev or Chislev ( Hebrew: כִּסְלֵו , Standard Kīslev Tiberian Kīslēw ), [1] also 'Chisleu' in the King James (authorized English) Bible, is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the Babylonian calendar its name was Araḫ Kislimu.
- Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar ( Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized...
- 19 Kislev
The 19 Kislev (Hebrew: י"ט כסלו) refers to the 19th day of...
- Hebrew calendar
- It’s Month #9 and #3. The Jewish year has (at least1) two “heads,” Nissan in the spring and Tishrei in the fall. Counting from Nissan, this is the ninth month, and counting from Tishrei—when we observe the High Holidays and the joyous festival of Sukkot—it is the third.
- Kislev Can Have 29 or 30 Days. The Hebrew months generally alternate in length. One has 29 days, the next has 30, etc. The exceptions are Kislev and the preceding month of Cheshvan, which can (a) both have 29; (b) both have 30; or (c) have 29 and 30 respectively, allowing for the Jewish months to be calibrated just so.
- It Never Starts on Shabbat. Most dates in the Jewish calendar can occur on four out of seven days of the week. Since Cheshvan can have either 29 or 30 days, there are two more possible days for every date in Kislev.
- The Great Deluge Ended on 27 Kislev. The rains of the Great Flood in the time of Noah began on 17 Cheshvan and continued for 40 days. Thus, the lion’s share of the rain took place in Kislev, ending on the 27 of the month.
Nov 23, 2010 · The 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev is celebrated as the “ Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism .”. It was on this date, in the year 1798, that the founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), was freed from his imprisonment in czarist Russia. More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in Jewish ...
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Kislev is the ninth month of the year, counting from Nisan. In the Torah we find that the root of the word Kislev means ‘trust’ and ‘hope’: “Did I place mykili(my hope) in gold…?” (Job, 31:24) “…And they placed in Hashem their kislam (their trust).” (Psalms, 78:7) Kislev therefore illustrates the issue of trust.
KISLEV (Heb. כִּסלֵו), the post-Exilic name of the ninth month of the Jewish year. The name occurs in Assyrian inscriptions, in biblical records (Zech. 7:1; Neh. 1:1), and frequently in the Apocrypha and in rabbinic literature (e.g., Megillat Ta'anit) with variants in Assyrian and Palmyrian inscriptions and Greek transcriptions.
