תשרי

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌗𒌆 (ititašrītu).

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Proper noun

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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