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Kislev
| Kislev | |
|---|---|
 Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, begins on the 25th of Kislev. | |
| Native name | כִּסְלֵו (Hebrew) |
| Calendar | Hebrew calendar |
| Month number | 9 |
| Number of days | 29 or 30 |
| Season | Autumn (Northern Hemisphere) |
| Gregorian equivalent | November–December |
| Significant days | Hanukkah |
Kislev or Chislev (Hebrew: כִּסְלֵו, Standard Kīslev Tiberian Kīslēw),[1] 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 Kislimu.
In a regular (kesidran) year Kislev has 30 days, but because of the Rosh Hashanah postponement rules, in some years it can lose a day to make the year a "short" (chaser) year. Kislev is a month which occurs in November–December on the Gregorian calendar and is sometimes known as the month of dreams.
In Jewish Rabbinic literature, the month of Kislev is believed to correspond to the Tribe of Benjamin.[2]
- ^ "Chislev". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. The Free Dictionary (Farlex). 1913. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ "Rosh Chodesh Kislev • Torah.org". torah.org. March 2016.
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