Tishrei (/ˈtɪʃreɪ/) or Tishri (/ˈtɪʃriː/;
Hebrew: תִּשְׁרֵיtīšrē or תִּשְׁרִי tīšrī; from
Akkadiantašrītu "beginning", from šurrû "to begin") is the first month of the
civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year (which starts on 1
Nisan) in the
Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian. It is a month of 30 days. Tishrei usually occurs in September–October on the
Gregorian calendar.
In the
Hebrew Bible the month is called Ethanim (
Hebrew: אֵתָנִים –
1 Kings 8:2), or simply the seventh month. In the
Babylonian calendar the month is known as Araḫ Tišritum, "Month of Beginning" (of the second half-year).
6 Tishrei (1939 CE) – The Wehrmacht murdered 100 Jews in Lukov, Poland.
7 Tishrei (
c. 1313 BCE) – Taanit tzaddikim (Orach Chaim 5580:2) commemorating God's decree that the Dor Hamidbar die in the wilderness because of the sin of the Eigel HaZahav / Golden Calf (according to some, (
Kol Bo and others), the event took place one day earlier, on 6 Tishrei).
8 Tishrei (
c. 946 BCE) – 14-day dedication of
Solomon's Temple begins.
9 Tishrei (123 CE) – Death of the
Tanna R' Elazar ben Rab' Shimon.
10 Tishrei (
c. 1313 BCE) –
Moses returns from a final trip to
Mount Sinai, bearing a second set of tablets and a message of forgiveness for the
Golden Calf. [citation needed]
11 Tishrei – The
Baal Shem Tov wrote that the day after Yom Kippur is an even greater holiday than Yom Kippur itself, a day called "Bshem HaShem" or in Yiddish "Gott's Nomen", literally "The Name of God".
Tishrīn (
Arabic: تشرين) is the name of two
Gregorian months in the Levant:
Tishrīn al-Awwal (Arabic: تشرين الأول, literally "First Tishrin"): October. The 1973
Yom Kippur War is generally known by the name Ḥarb Tishrīn ("October War") in
Syria and
Lebanon, and among the
Palestinians, following the Arab custom of naming the
Arab-Israeli wars by months or years.
Tishrīn al-Thāni (Arabic: تشرين الثاني, literally "Second Tishrin"): November.