Shevat

Tevet       Shevat (שְׁבָט)       Adar

Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees, occurs
on the 15th of Shevat, which coincides with
the flowering of the almond tree in Israel.
Month Number: 11
Number of Days: 30
Season: winter
Gregorian Equivalent: January–February

Shevat (or Shvat) (Hebrew: שְׁבָט, Standard Šəvat Tiberian Šəḇāṭ ; from Akkadian Šabātu) is the fifth month of the civil year and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 30 days. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar.

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Holidays in Shevat

15 Shevat - Tu Bishvat

Shevat in Jewish history

1 Shevat - Moses repeats the Torah

2 Shevat - (76 BCE) - Alexander-Yannai's death celebrated

2 Shevat - (1800) - Death of Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli

3 Shevat - (1935) - Death of the Amshinover Rebbe

4 Shevat - (1810) - Death of Rabbi Abraham Kalisker

4 Shevat - (1984) - Death of Rabbi Israel Abuchatzera

4 Shevat - (1807) - Death of Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib of Sasov

5 Shevat - (1905) - Death of Rabbi Yehudah Arye Leib Alter of Ger

7 Shevat - (1814) - Death of Rabbi Dovid of Lelov

10 Shevat- Death of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, The 6th Rebbe of Lubavitch (1950)

10 Shevat- The Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson formally assumes leadership (1951)

14 Shevat - (1755) - Death of the Pnei Yehoshua

18 Shevat - (1990) - Passing of the Mirrer rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Beinush Finkel

20 Shevat - (1562 BCE)- Birth of Asher the son of one of the three Patriarchs- Israel-Jacob.

22 Shevat - (1859) - Death of Kotzker Rebbe

23 Shevat - (1188 BCE) - War on Benjamin

24 Shevat - (517 BCE) - Zechariah's prophecy

25 Shevat - (1883) - Death of Rabbi Israel of Salanter

26 Shevat - (1667) - Passing of the Taz

27 Shevat - (1737) - Death of Rabbi Alexander Sender Schorr

28 Shevat - (second century BCE) - Hasmonean holiday

Other uses

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