Jewish Months and Festivals
| # | Jewish Month | Corresponds with | Feast | Day | Scripture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nisan (Abib or Aviv) | March-April | a) Passover b) *Unleavened Bread c) Firstfruits | a) 14 b) 15-21 c) 16 |
a) Ex 12:1-14; Lev 23:5; Num 9:1-14; 28:16; Deut 16:1-7 b) Ex 12:15-20; 13:3-10; Lev 23:6-8; Num 28:17-25; Deut 16:3,4,8 c) Lev 23:9-14; Num 28:26 |
| 2 | Iyar | April-May | - | - | - |
| 3 | Sivan | May-June | a) Firstfruits b) *Weeks (Harvest or Pentecost) (50 days after barley harvest) | a+b) 6 | a) Lev 23:9-14; Num 28:26 b) Ex 23:16; 34:22; Lev 23:15-21; Num 28:26-31; Deut 16:9-12; |
| 4 | Tammuz | June-July | - | - | - |
| 5 | Menachem Av (Ab) | July-August | - | - | - |
| 6 | Elul | August-September | - | - | - |
| 7 | Tishrei (Tishri) | September-October | a) Trumpets (Rosh Haahanah b) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) c) *Tabernacles (Booths or Ingathering) | a) 1 b) 10 c) 15-22 |
a) Lev 23:23-25; Num 19:1-6 b) Lev 16; 23:26-32; Num 29:7-11 c) Ex 23:16; 34:22; Lev 23:33-36; 23:39-43; Num 29:12-38; Deut 16:13-15; |
| 8 | Marcheshvan (Heshvan) | October-November | - | - | - |
| 9 | Kislev (Chislev) | November-December | - | - | - |
| 10 | Tevet (Tebeth) | December-January | - | - | - |
| 11 | Shevat (Shebat) | January-February | - | - | - |
| 12 | Adar | February-March | - | - | - |
| *The three major feasts for which all males of Isreal were required to travel to the temple in Jerusalem (Ex 23:14-19) | |||||
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