Aw (month)
Aw or Av ( Hebrew אָב , ʾāv , from Akkadian abu ) is the eleventh month of the civil Jewish year and the fifth of the religious Jewish calendar . It has 30 days and in the Gregorian calendar usually falls between July and August .
The name of the month comes from the Chaldean calendar , where Ab was the first month of the year. The only month not mentioned in the Bible, it first appeared in the Talmud around the 3rd century . The Jews adopted it, like all other month names, in their calendar after the Babylonian exile .
In Judaism, Aw is the most fateful month, because on the 9th day of the month twice ( 586 BC and 70 AD ) the temple in Jerusalem and 135 AD the last bulwark of the Jewish population under Bar- Kochba against the Roman occupation , the city of Bethar , had been destroyed. Furthermore, on 9 Aw 5050 ( 1290 AD) all Jews were expelled from England for nearly four centuries . Fasting is prescribed for this day in Judaism.
The 15th Aw is considered a happy day because of numerous positive historical events. Both the 9th and 15th Aw are public holidays .
