Months in the Sacred Calendar

							                       Months in the Sacred Calendar

   No.                    Name                         Bible Reference                   Comment
     1                 Abid/Nisan                   Ex. 12:2, 13:4, Est 3:7          Sprouting/Budding
     2                      Zif                           1 Kings 6:1                 Blossom Month
     3                    Sivan                            Esther 8:9                   Third Month
     4                    Tamuz                     Jeremiah 39:2                    Name not In Bible
     5                      Ab                    Numbers 33:38; Zech 7:3            Name not In Bible
     6                     Elul                         Nehemiah 6:15               The Gleaning Month
     7              Ethanium/ Tishri                      1 Kings 8:2                Perennial/ Seventh
     8                     Bul                           1 Kings 6:38                   Rain/ Eighth
     9                   Chisleu                   Nehemiah 1:1; Zech. 7:1           The Hunter/ Ninth
    10                    Tebeth                          Esther 2:16                  Winter/ Tenth
    11                    Sebat                             Zech 1:7                      Eleventh
    12                     Adar                           Esther 8:12                   Fire/ Twelfth

      When a 13th month is periodically added to keep the sacred Feasts “in their seasons”,
(agricultural seasons) then the 12th month is called “Adar I” and the 13th month is called “Veador”
                                            or “Adar II”.


Note: that the number of days between Nissan and Tishri is always the same. Because of this, the time
from the first major festival (Passover in Nissan) to the last major festival (Sukkot in Tishri) is always
the same.

  1.The First Day of Unleavened Bread which falls on 15th day of Abib, the first month in the
        sacred calendar.
  2.The Last Day of Unleavened Bread which falls on 21st day of Abib.
  3.The Feast of First Fruits (Pentecost) which occurs 50 days after the Passover Sabbath.
  4.The Feast of Trumpets which falls on the 1st Ethanim (the 7th month)
  5.The Feast of Atonement which falls on the 10th Ethanim.
  6.The Feast of Tabernacles which falls on the 15th Ethanim.
  7.The Last Great Day which falls on the 22nd Ethanim.

             Passover (The Seder), Purim (The Story of Esther) Shavuot (Pentecost),
         Rosh Hashana (Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles/Booths)
                           Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication/Lights)

12 (Months) X 29 or 30 (Days) = 354 days in a Jewish Year               (11.25 Days short of 365.25
                                                                                 solar days in a year)
        Hebrew calendar arithmetic results in exactly 14 qeviyyot. This means that there are only
14 different ways in which to lay out the years of the Hebrew calendar.

       The Tishrei 1 week day and the length of the year define the calendar layout required for
that Hebrew year. Thus, when Hebrew years begin on

Mondays then they can have only either 353, 355, 383, or 385 days
Tuesdays then they can have only either 354, or 384 days
Thursdays then they can have only either 354, 355, 383, or 385 days
Saturdays then they can have only either 353, 355, 383, or 385 days.