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Nisan 19 The fifth day of Unleavened Bread. |
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Nisan 20 The sixth day of Unleavened Bread. |
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Nisan 21 The seventh and last day of Unleavened Bread and a day of Holy Convocation. |
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Nisan 22 The eighth day of Passover, an additional day kept by Jews of the exile, that is, those living outside Israel. The extra day is kept to ensure that all Jews, throughout the world, keep the festival at the same time. |
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Nisan 26 A fast for the death of Joshua, the son of Nun (Joshua xxiv, 29). |
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Nisan 30 The first Rosh Hodesh of Iyar. |
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Iyar is the eighth month of the civil year and the second month of the sacred year. |
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Iyar 1 Second Rosh Hodesh. |
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Iyar 7 The First Fast of Iyar is observed for any wrong done during the Feast of Passover. The fast consists of three days, which are not sequential a Monday, the following Thursday, and the following Monday. If the seventh day of Iyar is not a Monday, the fast starts on the first Monday following the seventh of Iyar. Note that this rule does not follow those presented in the previous section and may be implemented with the help of the function Nth_DOW_after_date (), discussed in section 6.2.1.2.3. |
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Iyar 10 Fast for the death of the High Priest Eli and for the loss of the Ark, taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel iv, 1118). |
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Iyar 14 Pesach Scheni. Second Passover, ordained for those who were prevented from keeping Pesach at the proper time in the month of Nisan. |
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Iyar 18 Lag b'Omer. Feast of the 33rd day of the Omer, reckoned from Nisan 16, the second day of Passover. A tradition states that a fatal disease spread among the students of the Rabbi Akiba on the first day of the Omer and ceased on the 33rd day. Akiba was executed by Governor Turnus Rufus during the reign of Hadrian, about A.D. 139. Akiba was one of the first compilers of the Mishna and considered to be a legendary second Moses. |
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Iyar 28 Fast for the death of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel xxv, 1). |
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Sivan is the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the sacred year. |
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Sivan 4 Sanctification of the people before the Giving of the Law (Exodus xix, 10, 11). First of two days. |
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Sivan 5 Sanctification of the people before the Giving of the Law (Exodus xix, 10, 11). Second of two days. |
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