Kislev

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Kislev or Chislev (Hebrew: Template:Script/Hebrew, Standard Kīslev Tiberian Kīslēw),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the Babylonian calendar its name was Kislimu.

In a regular (kesidran) year Kislev has 30 days, but because of the Rosh Hashanah postponement rules, in some years it can lose a day to make the year a "short" (chaser) year. Kislev is a month which occurs in November–December on the Gregorian calendar and is sometimes known as the month of dreams.

In Jewish Rabbinic literature, the month of Kislev is believed to correspond to the Tribe of Benjamin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HolidaysEdit

25 Kislev – 2 Tevet – Hanukkah – ends 3 Tevet if Kislev is short

In Jewish history and traditionEdit

1 Kislev (1977) – Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson miraculously recovered from a devastating heart attack.
6 Kislev (1973) – Death of David Ben-Gurion
8 Kislev (1978) – Death of Golda Meir
9 Kislev (1773) – Birth of the Mitteler Rebbe, the second Chabad Rebbe.
9 Kislev (1827) – Death of the Mitteler Rebbe, the second Chabad Rebbe.
10 Kislev (1826) – Liberation from prison of the Mitteler Rebbe, the second Chabad Rebbe.
14 Kislev (Template:Circa BCE) – Death of Reuben, son of Jacob.<ref name="Hamodia">Hamodia. Nov/28/12. p. D47.</ref>
14 Kislev (c. 1568 BCE) – Birth of Reuben, son of Jacob.<ref name="Hamodia" />
14 Kislev (1929) - Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn married Chaya Mushka Schneersohn, the daughter of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe
15 Kislev (167 BCE) – The Greeks set up the "Abomination of Desolation" in the Temple.<ref>"Now the fifteenth day of the month Kislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side." (1 Maccabees 1:54)</ref>
17 Kislev (1947) – The United Nations General Assembly approves Resolution 181 for the partition of Mandatory Palestine.
19 Kislev (1772) - Death of the Magid Of Mezritch, successor of the Baal Shem Tov.
19 Kislev (1798) – Liberation from prison of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi and celebrated as Yud Tes Kislev by Chabad Chassidim.
20 Kislev (c. 457 BCE) – Ezra addresses a three-day assemblage of Jews in Jerusalem, telling them to adhere to the Torah and to dissolve their interfaith marriages.
21 Kislev (c. 128 BCE) – The Samaritan temple at Mount Gerizim was destroyed by John Hyrcanus I.<ref>Megillat Ta'anit 29</ref>
25 Kislev (164 BCE) – The Hanukkah miracle<ref name=":0">"Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Casleu." (2 Maccabees 10:5)</ref>
25 Kislev (167 BCE) The Greeks make pagan sacrifices in the Temple<ref>"Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God." (1 Maccabees 1:59)</ref><ref name=":0" />
27 Kislev (c. 2105 BCE) – Flood rains cease (According to Genesis 6–8).

References in fictionEdit

In the story of Xenogears, Kislev is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month.
In the Warhammer universe, Kislev is both the name for a city near the chaos wastes and the country in which it resides. Kislev is modelled after a combination of 16th century Russia and Poland-Lithuania.
In the Dragonlance universe, Kislev (or Chislev) represents the godly force of instinct.
By Jon Stewart in "Can I Interest You in Hanukkah" from Stephen Colbert's A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

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External linksEdit

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