SEASONS, MONTHS, FEASTS AND FESTIVALS
March-April:
Nisan (Abib)
Jewish year began with Passover month
Season and agriculture: spring latter rains; barley and flax
harvest—Exodus 12:2; Exodus 12:4; Nehemiah 2:1
Festivals: Passover Feast, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Day of
Firstfruits
April-May:
Iyyar (Ziv, Ziw)
Season and agriculture: beginning of dry season
May-June:
Sivan
Season and agriculture: early figs
Festivals: Pentecost, Feast of Weeks; Feast of Harvest
June-July:
Tammuz
Season and agriculture: grape harvest
July-August:
Ab
Season and agriculture: olive harvest
August-September:
Elul
Season and agriculture: date and summer fig
harvest
September-October:
Tishri (Ethanim)
Season and agriculture: early rains
Festivals: Day of Blowing Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast
of Tabernacles (Feast of Booths), Solemn Assembly
October-November:
Heshvan (Marheshwan, Bul)
Season and agriculture: plowing
November-December:
Kislev (Chislev)
Season and agriculture: sowing
Festivals: Festival of Lights
December-January:
Tebeth (Tebet)
Season and agriculture: rains
January-February:
Shebat
Season and agriculture: almond blossoms
February-March:
Adar
Seasons and agriculture: citrus harvest
Festivals: Feast of Purim