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Shevat (or Shvat) (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
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Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 Tiberian
Tiberian vocalization

Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct but very well documented oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew language, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by Masoretes scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias, in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century....
 Š??a? ; from Akkadian
Akkadian language

Akkadian or Assyrian-Babylonian is a Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian language, an unrelated language isolate....
 ) is the fifth month
Month

The month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as some natural Orbital period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates....
 of the civil year
Year

A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit....
 and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar

The Hebrew calendar or Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar used by Jews, now predominantly for religious purposes. It is used to reckon the Jewish New Year and dates for Jewish holidays, and also to determine appropriate Torah reading of Torah portions, Yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses....
. It is a winter month of 30 day
Day

A day is a units of measurement of time equivalent to approximately 24 hours. It is not an International System of Units unit but it is accepted for use with SI....
s. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas....
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Shevat (or Shvat) (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ??????, Standard
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 Tiberian
Tiberian vocalization

Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct but very well documented oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew language, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by Masoretes scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias, in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century....
 Š??a? ; from Akkadian
Akkadian language

Akkadian or Assyrian-Babylonian is a Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian language, an unrelated language isolate....
 ) is the fifth month
Month

The month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as some natural Orbital period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates....
 of the civil year
Year

A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit....
 and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar

The Hebrew calendar or Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar used by Jews, now predominantly for religious purposes. It is used to reckon the Jewish New Year and dates for Jewish holidays, and also to determine appropriate Torah reading of Torah portions, Yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses....
. It is a winter month of 30 day
Day

A day is a units of measurement of time equivalent to approximately 24 hours. It is not an International System of Units unit but it is accepted for use with SI....
s. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas....
.

Holidays in Shevat

15 Shevat - Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat

"Tu Bishvat" is a minor Jewish holiday in the Hebrew month of Shevat, usually sometime in late January or early February, that marks the "New Year of the Trees" ....


Shevat in Jewish history


1 Shevat - Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
 repeats the Torah
Torah

The term "Torah" , or Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, refers to the entirety of Judaism's founding Halakha and ethical religious texts....

  • On the first of Shevat of the Hebrew year 2488, according to the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses
    Moses

    Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
     convened the Jewish people and began the 37-day "review of the Torah
    Torah

    The term "Torah" , or Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, refers to the entirety of Judaism's founding Halakha and ethical religious texts....
    " , which he concluded on the day of his death on Adar
    Adar

    Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days. In leap years, it is preceded by a 30-day intercalary month named Adar Aleph , Adar Rishon or Adar I and it is then itself called Adar Bet , Adar Sheni or Adar II....
     7 of that year.
2 Shevat - (76 BCE) - Alexander-Yannai'
Alexander Jannaeus

Alexander Jannaeus , king of Judea from , son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus, and appears to have married his brother's widow, Shlomtzion or "Shelomit", also known as Salome Alexandra, according to the Biblical law of Yibum , although Josephus is inexplicit on that point....
s death celebrated
  • Hashmonean King Alexander-Yannai
    Alexander Jannaeus

    Alexander Jannaeus , king of Judea from , son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus, and appears to have married his brother's widow, Shlomtzion or "Shelomit", also known as Salome Alexandra, according to the Biblical law of Yibum , although Josephus is inexplicit on that point....
     (Jannaeus
    Alexander Jannaeus

    Alexander Jannaeus , king of Judea from , son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus, and appears to have married his brother's widow, Shlomtzion or "Shelomit", also known as Salome Alexandra, according to the Biblical law of Yibum , although Josephus is inexplicit on that point....
    ), a Sadducee and an enemy of the Pharisees
    Pharisees

    The word Pharisees comes from the Hebrew language ?????? perushim from ???? parush, meaning "separated" . The Pharisees were, depending on the time, a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era ....
    , died on this date. Known as a ruthless leader, he persecuted the Pharisees and those loyal to them (approximately 50,000 were killed in the years 82-76 BCE). As a result, the day of his death was declared a holiday in Talmudic times.
2 Shevat - (1800) - Death of Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli
  • Shevat 2 is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the death) of Chassidic Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of Anipoli (1718?-1800). He was a disciple of the 2nd leader of the Chassidic movement, Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch.
3 Shevat - (1935) - Death of the Amshinover Rebbe
Amshinov (Hasidic dynasty)

Amshinov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty founded by Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Kalish. It is an offshoot of Vurka dynasty. It takes its name from the Yiddish language name of Mszczon?w, a town in Poland....

  • Shevat 3 is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the death) of Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Menachem Kalish zt"l, the Amshinover Rebbe
    Amshinov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Amshinov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty founded by Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Kalish. It is an offshoot of Vurka dynasty. It takes its name from the Yiddish language name of Mszczon?w, a town in Poland....
    , who died in 1935.
4 Shevat - (1984) - Death of Rabbi Israel Abuchatzera
Baba Sali

Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , known as Baba Sali ???? ???? , was a Morocco rabbi and Kabbalah....

  • Rabbi Israel Abuchatzera
    Baba Sali

    Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , known as Baba Sali ???? ???? , was a Morocco rabbi and Kabbalah....
     (1890-1984), known as "Baba Sali
    Baba Sali

    Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , known as Baba Sali ???? ???? , was a Morocco rabbi and Kabbalah....
    ," was born in Tafillalt, Morocco
    Morocco

    Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
     to the Abuchatzera family. He was considered a sage, miracle maker and master kabbalist. In 1964 he moved to the Holy Land
    Holy Land

    The Holy Land , generally refers to the geographical region of the Levant called Land of Canaan or Land of Israel in the Bible, and constitutes the Promised land....
    , eventually settling in the southern development town
    Development town

    Development town is a term used to refer to the new settlements that were built in Israel during the 1950s in order to expand the population of the country's peripheral areas and to ease development pressure on the country's crowded centre....
     that became famous from him, Netivot
    Netivot

    Netivot is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 25,600....
    . He died in 1984 on the 4th of Shevat. His graveside in Netivot has become a holy site visited by thousands annually.
4 Shevat - (1807) - Death of Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib of Sasov
  • Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sasov (1745-1807), one of the early Chasidic Rebbe
    Rebbe

    Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
    s in Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    , and a disciple of Rebbe Shmelke of Nikolsburg
    Shmelke of Nikolsburg

    Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke ben Hirsh Halevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg was an Orthodox Judaism Rabbi and one of the great early Hasidic Judaism Rebbes. He was the oldest son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Chortkiv....
    , died on the 4th of Shevat of the Hebrew year 5567 (1807). He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Yekusiel Shmelke Erblich.
5 Shevat - (1905) - Death of Rabbi Yehudah Arye Leib Alter of Ger
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter

Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter , also known by the title of his main work, the Sfas Emes, was a Hasidic Judaism rabbi who succeeded his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, as the av beis din and Rav of G?ra Kalwaria, Poland , and succeeded the Rebbe, Reb Heynekh of Alexander, as Rebbe of the Ger ....

  • Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter
    Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter

    Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter , also known by the title of his main work, the Sfas Emes, was a Hasidic Judaism rabbi who succeeded his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, as the av beis din and Rav of G?ra Kalwaria, Poland , and succeeded the Rebbe, Reb Heynekh of Alexander, as Rebbe of the Ger ....
     (1847-1905), who was the second rebbe
    Rebbe

    Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
     in the Chassidic dynasty of Ger
    Ger (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ger, or Gur is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty originating from Ger, the Yiddish language name of G?ra Kalwaria, a small town in Poland.Prior to the Holocaust, Ger was the largest and most important Hasidic group in Poland....
    . He was known for his famed Chassidic work "Sfas Emes." He died on the 5th of Shevat of the Hebrew year 5665 (1905). He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai
    Avraham Mordechai Alter

    Avraham Mordechai Alter, , also known as the Imrei Emes after the works he authored, was the third Rebbe of the Hasidic Judaism dynasty of Ger , a position he held from 1905 until his death in 1948....
    .
7 Shevat - (1814) - Death of Rabbi Dovid of Lelov
Lelov (Hasidic dynasty)

Lelov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties which traces its origins to Rabbi Dovid of Lel?w, Poland.The Lelover dynasty migrated from Poland to Jerusalem when Rabbi Dovid's son, Rabbi Moshe Biderman , moved there in the last year of his life....

  • On the seventh of Shevat, Chasidic Rabbi Dovid Biederman of Lelov (1746-1814) died. He was a disciple of the Seer of Lublin. Rabbi Dovid was known for his Ahavat Yisrael (love of his fellow Jew). It is said he was incapable of seeing faults in a fellow Jew
    Jew

    A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
    . Two printed collections of stories about him are Migdal David and Kodesh Hillulim. Rabbi Dovid's main disciple was Rabbi Yitzchak of Vurke.
14 Shevat - (1755) - Death of the Pnei Yehoshua
Joshua Falk

Joshua Falk was a Polish Halakha and Talmudist, best known as the author of the Beit Yisrael commentary on the Arba'ah Turim as well as Sefer Me'irat Enayim on Shulkhan Arukh....

  • Shevat 14 is the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Yaakov Yehoshua Falk Katz
    Joshua Falk

    Joshua Falk was a Polish Halakha and Talmudist, best known as the author of the Beit Yisrael commentary on the Arba'ah Turim as well as Sefer Me'irat Enayim on Shulkhan Arukh....
     (1680-1755), author of the Talmudic work "P'nei Yehoshua." He served as Rabbi of Lemberg
    Lviv

    Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
     (Lvov) in 1718, Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
     in 1730, Metz
    Metz

    Metz is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine R?gion in France and prefecture of the Moselle Departments of France.It is located at the confluence of the Moselle River and the Seille rivers....
     in 1734 and Frankfurt
    Frankfurt

    is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
     in 1740.
18 Shevat - (1990) - Death of the Mirrer rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Beinush Finkel
Binyomin Beinush Finkel

Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel, , was the rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem.He was born in Mir, Belarus, where his father Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel was the rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva ....

  • Death of Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel
    Binyomin Beinush Finkel

    Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel, , was the rosh yeshiva of Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem.He was born in Mir, Belarus, where his father Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel was the rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva ....
    , rosh yeshiva in the Mirrer Yeshiva
    Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)

    The Mir yeshiva , commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, is an Orthodox yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. It is presently distinguished as the largest yeshiva in the world, with its student body numbering around 5,000 post-high school students, mostly from the United States....
    , Jerusalem
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
     from 1965 to 1990.
22 Shevat - (1859) - Death of Kotzker Rebbe
  • Death of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787-1859), Chassidic leader, and forerunner of the Chassidic dynasties of Ger
    Ger

    Ger may refer to:*Ger , a Hasidic dynasty from G?ra Kalwaria*Ger , the javelin of the Germanic tribe of the Teutons*Germany *German language ...
     and Kotsk .
23 Shevat - (1188 BCE) - War on Benjamin
  • Armies of the Tribes of Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
     converged upon the Tribe of Benjamin
    Tribe of Benjamin

    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve Israelites.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
     in the aftermath of the "Concubine at Givah" incident. This was a war which nearly brought about the extinction of the Benjaminites
    Tribe of Benjamin

    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve Israelites.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
    , detailed in the Book of Judges
    Book of Judges

    The Book of Judges is a Books of the Bible originally written in Hebrew language. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges , who helped rule and guide the ancient Israelites, and of their times....
    , chapters 19-21).
24 Shevat - (517 BCE) - Zechariah's prophecy
  • According to Zechariah
    Zechariah

    Zechariah was a person in the Hebrew Bible . He was the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets.The Zechariah is derived from ....
     1:7-16, "On the 24th day of the 11th month, which is the month of Shevat, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of God came to Zachariah the son of Berechiah the son of Ido the prophet, saying: '...I will return to Jerusalem in mercy, my house will be built within her" This was two years before the completion of the Second Temple
    Second Temple

    The Second Temple was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem which stood between 516 BCE and 70 CE. During this time, it was the center of Judaism worship, which focused on the sacrifices known as the korbanot....
     on the 3rd of Adar
    Adar

    Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days. In leap years, it is preceded by a 30-day intercalary month named Adar Aleph , Adar Rishon or Adar I and it is then itself called Adar Bet , Adar Sheni or Adar II....
    , 515 BCE
    Common Era

    Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used in the Western world, and also internationally, for numbering the year part of the calendar date....
    .
25 Shevat - (1883) - Death of Rabbi Israel of Salanter
  • Death of Rabbi Israel Lipkin of Salant (1810-1883)," the founder of the "Mussar" (ethicist) movement.
26 Shevat - (1667) - Death of the Taz
David HaLevi Segal

David HaLevi Segal , also known as the Taz or the Turei Zahav, was a prominent Jews of Poland halakha authority and author of a significant commentary on the Shulchan Aruch....

  • Shevat 26 is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the death) of Rabbi Dovid ben Shmuel Halevi
    David HaLevi Segal

    David HaLevi Segal , also known as the Taz or the Turei Zahav, was a prominent Jews of Poland halakha authority and author of a significant commentary on the Shulchan Aruch....
     (1586-1667), a Halachic authority, known as Taz after his work Turei Zahav ("Rows of Gold"), which is a commentary on Rabbi Yosef Caro
    Yosef Karo

    Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Caro, or Qaro, was author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, which is still authoritative for Orthodox Jewry....
    's Shulchan Aruch
    Shulchan Aruch

    The Shulchan Aruch is a codification, or written manual, of halacha , composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo in the 16th century. Together with its commentaries, it is considered the most authoritative compilation of halakha since the Talmud....
     (Code of Jewish Law
28 Shevat - (second century BCE) - Hasmonean
Hasmonean

The Hasmoneans were the ruling dynasty of the Hasmonean Kingdom of Israel , an independent Jewish state. The Hasmonean dynasty was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after his brother Judas Maccabeus defeated the Seleucid army during the Maccabean Revolt in 165 BCE....
 holiday
  • On Shevat 28 (160 BCE?), Antiochus V
    Antiochus V

    Antiochus V Eupator , was a ruler of the Greece Seleucid Empire who reigned 164-162 BC. He was only nine when he succeeded to the kingship, following the death in Persia of his father Antiochus IV Epiphanes....
     abandoned his siege of Jerusalem
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
     and his plans for the city's destruction. This day was observed as a holiday in Hashmonean times. (Megilat Taanit)

Other uses

  • "Shebat" and Subat () is the name for the month of February in Arabic and Turkish
    Turkish language

    Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
    .
  • In the story of Xenogears
    Xenogears

    is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. for Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation. It was released on February 11, 1998 in Japan and on October 21, 1998 in North America....
    , "Shevat" is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month.