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Tishrei
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Tishrei (; ) or Tishri (; ; from Akkadian tašrītu 'beginning') is the first month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year (which starts on 1 Nisan) in the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian. It is a month of 30 days. Tishrei usually occurs in September–October on the Gregorian calendar.
Key facts
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- Maurycy Gottlieb - Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg
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- The holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, takes place on the 10th of Tishrei.
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- Hebrew calendar
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- 7
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- 30
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- Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)
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- September–October
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- Rosh Hashanah Fast of Gedalia Yom Kippur Sukkot Hoshanah Rabbah Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah
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Tishrei (; ) or Tishri (; ; from Akkadian tašrītu 'beginning') is the first month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year (which starts on 1 Nisan) in the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian. It is a month of 30 days. Tishrei usually occurs in September–October on the Gregorian calendar.
In the Hebrew Bible the month is called Ethanim ( – ), or simply the seventh month. In the Babylonian calendar the month is known as Araḫ Tišritum, "Month of Beginning" (of the second half-year).
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