Sunday, January 30, 2011

הלוח העברי****Hebrew Calendar Basics****

Months 
  1. Nissan
  2. Iyar
  3. Sivan
  4. Tamuz
  5. Av
  6. Elul
  7. Tishrei
  8. Cheshvan
  9. Kislev
  10. Tevet
  11. Shevat
  12. Adar I
  13. (Adar II)
Days of the Week:

Yom Rishon - יום ראשון 
Yom Sheni - יום שני 
Yom Shlishi - יום שלישי
Yom Reviʻi - יום רבעי 
Yom Chamishi - יום חמישי 
Yom Shishi - יום ששי 
Yom Shabbat - יום שבת

The Hebrew Calendar is based on the lunar cycle. There are 12 months, of 29 or 30 days.
In a leap year, there is an extra month called Adar I which is added after Shevat, and the Adar that's usually there is referred to as Adar II.


The day in the Hebrew Calendar is calculated from sunset to sunset.

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