Kislev
9th month of the Hebrew calendar
Kislev or Chislev (Hebrew: כִּסְלֵו, Standard Kīslev Tiberian Kīslēw), 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.
Holidays
25 Kislev – 2 Tevet – Hanukkah – ends 3 Tevet if Kislev is short
In Jewish history and tradition
3 Kislev (1917) - The Balfour Declaration is publicly released by the British government.
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 (1949) - The Knesset formally votes to designate Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
14 Kislev (c. 1445 BCE) – Death of Reuben, son of Jacob.
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