RECOGNITION

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Calendar Rules
The names of the months of the Biblical calendar are as follows:[5]
Name Reference Aramaic Crops Climate Special days

Abib (barley, head) Exodus 23:15 Nisan[6] Barley harvest, lentils | Latter rains
14 - Passover15-21 - Unleavened bread17 - Firstfruits

Zif I_Kings 6:1 Iyar, Iyyar General harvest Latter rains None
"Wheat harvest" |Esther 8:9

Sivan
Wheat harvest Dry 7 - Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) (Not found)
(Not attested)

Tammuz
Vine tending
Dry
None
(Not found)
(Not attested)
Ab
First grapes, figs, olives
Dry
None
Elul
Nehemiah 6:15
Elul
Grapes, dates
Dry
None
Ethanim or Tishrei
I_Kings 8:2
Tishrei
Vintage, plowing
Dry to early rains
1 - Feast of Trumpets10 - Atonement15-21 - Feast of Tabernacles
Bul
I_Kings 6:38
Marchesvan, Cheshvan
Wheat, barley, seed sowing
Early rains
None
Chisleu
Zechariah 7:1
Kislev
None
Cool, rain
25 - Feast of Dedication begins[7]
Tebeth
Esther 2:16
(same)
None
Cold, rain
1-2 or 1-3 - Feast of Dedication ends
Shebat
Zechariah 1:7
(same)
Winter figs, citrus harvest
Rain
None
Adar (Iron, strength)
Esther 3:7 Ezra 6:15
(same)
Almonds blossom, flax harvest
Rain
13 - Fast of Esther14-15 - Purim
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