Nisan

''For the country in the game Xenogears, see List of towns and locations in Xenogears#Nisan.

Nisan (נִיסָן, Standard Hebrew Nisan, Tiberian Hebrew Nîsān: from Akkadian nisānu, from Sumerian nisag "First fruits") is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Torah it is called Aviv, meaning spring. It is a spring month of 30 days.

It is also the Turkish and Arabic name for the month of April.

In some Christian traditions it is believed Jesus' death occurred at 3:00 (i.e., the ninth canonical hour) on the afternoon of 13 Nisan, Preparation Day Passover, and the Last Supper was a pre-Passover Seder held at the start (evening) the 13th of Nisan. In the Hebrew calendar the day begins at sunset, as in the Book of Genesis, "there was evening, and there was morning" in that order. (See Quartodecimanism for more information.)

Holidays and observances in Nisan

Passover - 15th through 21st Nisan (22nd outside Israel)
Yom HaShoah - 27th Nisan

External links

Months of the Hebrew Calendar
Tishrei \| Cheshvan \| Kislev \| Tevet \| Shevat \| Adar \| Nisan \| Iyar \| Sivan \| Tammuz \| Av \| Elul

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