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ADAR (uh-DAHR)
The
sixth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar
Common
clues:
Hebrew month;
Purim's month; Month after Shevat; Month before Nisan; Sixth
Jewish month
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
4 times a year
News:
The
Happiness Of Adar
Video:
The
Story of Purim
Adar
is the sixth month of
the ecclesiastical year and the twelfth month of the civil year
on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days. In leap
years, it is preceded by a 30-day month named Adar Alef, Adar
Rishon or Adar I and it is then itself called Adar Shenei or Adar
II. Occasionally instead of Adar I and Adar II, "Adar"
and "Veadar" are used.
A
typical Purim street scene in a Jerusalem neighborhood.
The
Hebrew
calendar
is the annual
calendar used in Judaism. Like the Chinese calendar, it is also a
lunisolar calendar, based upon both lunar months and a solar
cycle (which defines its years). This is in contrast to the
Gregorian calendar, which is based solely upon a solar cycle, or
the Islamic calendar, which is purely lunar.
Jews
use this calendar to determine when the new Hebrew months start;
this calendar determines the Jewish holidays, which Torah
portions to read, Jahrzeits, and which set of Psalms should be
read each day.
Jews
have been using a lunisolar calendar since Biblical times, but
originally referred to the months by number rather than name.
During the Babylonian exile, they adopted Babylonian names for
the months. Some sects, such as the Essenes, used a solar
calendar.
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article is licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Hebrew calendar"
and
Wikipedia
article "Adar".
ADAR
(176) 48 Tu- >1 05 Hebrew month ELUL
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We- >1 04 Jewish month ABIB ELUL IYAR
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We+ >1 06 Purim's month
10
We+ >1 07 Month after Shevat
10
Tu+ >1 07 Purim month
7
Mo+ >1 98 Month after Shebat
7
Th- >1 08 Month before Nisan
7
Tu- >1 09 Sixth Jewish month
4
We- >1 01 Shebat follower
3
Th- >1 06 Purim time
2
Fr LAT 08 Feast of Esther month
2
Fr- NYT 02 Shevat follower
2
Fr NYT 08 When the Feast of Lots is observed
1
Th NYT 00 29- or 30-day month
1
Th LAT 99 After Shevat
1
Th LAT 99 Hebrew month^ADA
1
Th WaP 98 It comes before Nisan
1
Fr NYT 08 It follows Shevat
1
Th WaP 00 It's after Shebat
1
We CSy 07 Jewish calendar heading
03
Jewish calendar's sixth month
1
Mo NYT 03 Month in Israel
1
Th NYT 08 Month in which Moses is said to have been born and died
04
Month on the Hebrew calendar
1
Th WaP 98 Next after Shebat
2
Tu- >1 08 Queen of Mount Olympus
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