shevat
{{Short description|11th month of the Hebrew calendar}}
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{{Infobox month
| image = Urueña almendro1 lou.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 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.
| native_name = {{Native name|he| {{Script/Hebrew|שְׁבָט}}}}
| calendar = Hebrew calendar
| num = 11
| days = 30
| season = Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
| gregorian = January–February
| holidays = Tu Bishvat
| prev_month = Tevet
| next_month = Adar
}}
Shevat ({{langx|he|שְׁבָט}}, {{small|Standard}} {{translit|he|Šəvaṭ}}, {{small|Tiberian}} {{translit|he|Šeḇāṭ}}; from {{langx|akk-Latn|Šabātu}}) is the fifth month of the civil year starting in Tishre (or Tishri) and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar starting in Nisan. It is a month of 30 days. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar.
The name of the month was taken from the Akkadian language during the Babylonian Captivity. The assumed Akkadian origin of the month is {{lang|akk-Latn|Šabātu}}, meaning "strike", that refers to the heavy rains of the season.
{{Cite web |title=MikraotGedolot – AlHaTorah.org |url=https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dictionary/7627%20Entry%20for%20%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%98%20in%20F.%20Brown,%20S.%20R.%20Driver,%20and%20C.%20A.%20Briggs,%20A%20Hebrew%20and%20English%20Lexicon%20of%20the%20Old%20Testament%20(Oxford,%201906) |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=mg.alhatorah.org |language=he}} In Biblical sources, the month is first mentioned by this name in the book of prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:7).
Holidays
- 15 Shevat – Tu Bishvat
In Jewish history and tradition
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- 1 Shevat – Moses repeats the Torah (Deuteronomy 1:3)
- 2 Shevat (circa 1628 BC) – Asher born
- 10 Shevat (1950) - Death of the Previous Rebbe, the 6th Chabad Rebbe.
- 10 Shevat (1951) the Lubavitcher Rebbe formally accepts the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement by reciting the discourse "Bati Legani".
- 17-18 Shevat — the minor Purim of Saragossa, where the Jews of Saragossa were saved from destruction at the hand of an informant. {{cite web |title=Megillat Saragossa, a Purim Sheni legend for the 17th of Shevat |url=https://opensiddur.org/readings-and-sourcetexts/festival-and-fast-day-readings/jewish-readings/purim-sheni-readings/megillat-saragossa/ |website=The Open Siddur Project |access-date=9 January 2024}}
- 22 Shevat (1988) - Death of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, who was married to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe
- 24 Shevat (517 BC) – Zechariah's prophecy (Zechariah 1:7–16)
- 28 Shevat (circa 134 BC) – Antiochus V abandoned his siege of Jerusalem and his plans for the city's destruction. This day was observed as a holiday in Hasmonean times.{{cite web|title=Chabad Jewish Calendar|url=http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=2/21/2012|publisher=Chabad|access-date=21 February 2012}} (Megilat Taanit)
See also
- Babylonian calendar, where the month's name was Araḫ Šabaṭu
- Jewish astrology
- Šubāṭ ({{langx|ar|ﺷﺒﺎﻂ}}) and Şubat {{IPA|tr|ʃuˈbat|}} is the name for the month of February in Arabic and Turkish.
- Magha is the name of the equivalent month in the Hindu Calendar
References
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External links
- [http://www.chabad.org/calendar/ This Month in Jewish History]
- [http://www.inner.org/times/shevat/index.php Resources on the Month of Shevat]
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