תשרי

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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From Akkadian 𒌗𒌆 (ititašrītu).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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תִּשְׁרֵי (tishréim

  1. (Judaism) Tishrei (the first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan)
    Synonym: אֵיתָנִים (Eytaním)
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 1:1:
      בְּאֶחָד בְּתִשְׁרֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לַשָּׁנִים וְלַשְּׁמִטִּין וְלַיּוֹבְלוֹת, לַנְּטִיעָה וְלַיְרָקוֹת.
      B-eḥád b-tishréi rosh ha-shaná la-shaním v-la-shmiṭín v-la-yovlót, la-nṭi'a v-la-y'raqot.
      The first of Tishrei is the New Year for years, for release-years and jubilee-years, for planting, and for vegetables.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 10b:
      רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: בְּתִשְׁרֵי נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, בְּתִשְׁרֵי נוֹלְדוּ אָבוֹת, בְּתִשְׁרֵי מֵתוּ אָבוֹת
      Rabbí Eli'ézer omér: b-Tishréi nivrá ha-'olám, b-Tishréi noldú avót, b-Tishréi métu avót.
      Rabbi Eliezer says: in Tishrei the world was created, in Tishrei the patriarchs were born, in Tishrei the patriarchs died.

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