Nisan

This article is about the Hebrew calendar and Assyrian calendar month. For the Gregorian calendar month Nisan in Turkey, see April. For the character from Manchu folklore, see Tale of the Nisan Shaman. For the Japanese automaker, see Nissan Motor Company.
Adar       Nisan (נִיסָן)       Iyar

Passover, the Festival of the Unleavened Bread,
begins on the 15th of Nisan and commemorates
the Israelites' liberation from Egyptian slavery.
Month Number: 1
Number of Days: 30
Season: Spring
Gregorian Equivalent: March–April

Nisan (or Nissan; Hebrew: נִיסָן, Standard Nisan Tiberian Nîsān) on the Assyrian calendar is the first month, and on the Hebrew calendar is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the civil year. The name of the month is of Assyrian-Babylonian origin; in the Torah it is called the month of the Aviv. Assyrians today refer to the month as the "month of happiness." It is a spring month of 30 days. (Nisan usually falls in March–April) on the Gregorian calendar. In the Book of Esther in the Tanakh it is referred to as Nisan. Karaite Jews interpret it as referring to the month in which barley was ripe.

Holidays and observances

In Jewish history and tradition

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Other uses

See also

References

  1. http://www.ou.org/judaism-101/bh-yom-yom/nissan/
  2. (Nisan before Torah, Genesis 8:4, Exodus 12:1)
  3. "Bamberg". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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