תשרי

See also: תּשרי

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌗𒌆 (^ititašrītu).

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Proper noun

תִּשְׁרֵי • (tishréi) m

1. (Judaism) Tishrei (the first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan)

   Synonym: אֵיתָנִים (Eytaním)

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 1:1:

     בְּאֶחָד בְּתִשְׁרֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לַשָּׁנִים וְלַשְּׁמִטִּין וְלַיּוֹבְלוֹת, לַנְּטִיעָה וְלַיְרָקוֹת.

     B-eḥád b-tishréi rosh ha-shaná la-shaním v-la-shmiṭín v-la-yovlót, la-nṭi'a v-la-y'raqot.

     The first of Tishrei is the New Year for years, for release-years and jubilee-years, for planting, and for vegetables.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 10b:

     רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: בְּתִשְׁרֵי נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, בְּתִשְׁרֵי נוֹלְדוּ אָבוֹת, בְּתִשְׁרֵי מֵתוּ אָבוֹת

     Rabbí Eli'ézer omér: b-Tishréi nivrá ha-'olám, b-Tishréi noldú avót, b-Tishréi métu avót.

     Rabbi Eliezer says: in Tishrei the world was created, in Tishrei the patriarchs were born, in Tishrei the patriarchs died.

See also

• (Hebrew calendar months) תשרי, חשוון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיוון, תמוז, אב, אלול ^{(Category: he:Hebrew calendar months)}