Tevet
Tevet ( Hebrew טבת) is the fourth month according to the “civil” Jewish calendar and the tenth month according to the “religious” calendar. It always lasts 29 days. According to the Gregorian calendar , Tevet begins in mid-December.
In the Tanach the name "Tevet" is used once:
"But Esther was brought to king Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, which is called Tebet, in the seventh year of his reign."
The “tenth month” is mentioned more often.
The term comes from Akkadian and describes something into which one sinks. This is probably alluding to the muddy ground softened by the winter rains.
The Hanukkah festival lasts into the Tevet: Depending on whether the kislew has 29 or 30 days, Hanukkah ends on the 2nd or 3rd Tevet. On 10 Tevet , a fast day is celebrated, which at the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by . Nebuchadnezzar II recalls (see FIG. 2 Kings 25.1 LUT ).
