Jewish calendar
Proper noun
  1. (religion, Jewish) The annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the Jewish holidays, which Torah portions to read, yahrzeits (Yiddish: yortsaytn), and which set of Psalms should be read each day.
Synonyms
  • Hebrew calendar
Related terms
  • (Hebrew calendar months) Hebrew calendar month#English|month; Tishrei#English|Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev#English|Kislev, Tevet#English|Tevet, Shevat#English|Shevat, Adar#English|Adar, Nisan#English|Nisan, Iyar#English|Iyar, Sivan#English|Sivan, Tammuz#English|Tammuz, Av#English|Av, Elul#English|Elul (Category: en:Hebrew calendar months)



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