English > Jewish calendar: 1 sense > noun 1, time| Meaning | (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years. |
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| Synonym | Hebrew calendar |
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| Category | Judaism | The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
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| Parts | Ab, Av | The eleventh month of the civil year |
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| Adar | The sixth month of the civil year |
| Elul, Ellul | The twelfth month of the civil year |
| Heshvan | The second month of the civil year |
| Iyar, Iyyar | The eighth month of the civil year |
| Jewish calendar month | A month in the Jewish calendar |
| Kislev, Chislev | The third month of the civil year |
| Nisan, Nissan | The seventh month of the civil year |
| Shebat, Shevat | The fifth month of the civil year |
| Sivan, Siwan | The ninth month of the civil year |
| Tammuz, Thammuz | The tenth month of the civil year |
| Tebet, Tevet | The fourth month of the civil year |
| Tishri | The first month of the civil year |
| Veadar, Adar Sheni | Included seven times in every 19 years |
| Broader | lunisolar calendar | A calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles |
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| Spanish | calendario hebreo |
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