Jewish Calendar
| 1. Nisan (7)
| Mar/Apr
| Begin Barley Harvest
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| 2. Iyar (8)
| Apr/May
| Barley Harvest
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| 3. Sivan (9)
| May/Jun
| Wheat Harvest
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| 4. Tammuz (10)
| Jun/Jul
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| 5. Av (11)
| Jul/Aug
| Grape, Fig, Olive
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| 6. Elul (12)
| Aug/Sep
| Vintage Begins
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| 7. Tishri (1)
| Sep/Oct
| Early Rains, Preparation
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| 8. Heshvan (2)
| Oct/Nov
| Wheat, Barley Sowing
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| 9. Kislev (3)
| Nov/Dec
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| 10. Teveth (4)
| Dec/Jan
| Winter Rains
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| 11. Shevat (5)
| Jan/Feb
| New Year for Trees
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| 12. Adar (6)
| Feb/Mar
| Almonds Budding
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Note: (#'s in Parenthesis = The Civil Calendar)
Sacred DaysNisan 14 - Feast of Passover (Pesach)
Nisan 15 - Feast of Unleavened Bread
Nisan 21 - Close of Passover
Sivan 6 - Feast of Pentecost (Shvuot) (seven weeks from Passover) Anniversary of the giving of the Law at Sinai
Tishri 1&2 - Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) Beginning of the civil year
Tishri 10 - Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
Tishri 15-21 - Feast of Tabernacles (Succoth) (Booths)
Kislev 25 - Festival of Lights or Dedication (Hanukkah)
Adar 14 - Feast of Lots (Purim)
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