Tishri
Tischri or Tishri ( Hebrew תשרי), also Tischrei or Tishrei , is the first month according to the "civil" Jewish calendar and the seventh month according to the "religious" calendar. The month of Tishri is always a full month, that is, it lasts 30 days, and in the Gregorian calendar begins between the first third of September and the beginning of October (see Jewish calendar ). The name "Tishri" comes from the Akkadian word tašrītu "beginning", which indicates its function as the first month. Similarly, “Tishri” is attested in Ugaritic .
All Jewish month names come from the time of the Babylonian exile . The term “Tishri” does not appear in the Tanach , only the seventh month or “month of the Etanim” (e.g. 1 Kings 8.2 LUT ) is mentioned. This is obviously the name of the old (pre-exilic) calendar. "Etanim" are the "strong (water currents)", that is, in this month the rivers begin to carry water permanently.
The month of Tishri includes the high Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah (1st / 2nd Tishri), Yom Kippur (10th Tishri), Sukkot (15th – 21st Tishri) and Simchat Torah (22nd Tishri) as well as Gedaliah -Fast on the 3rd of the month (or on the 4th if the third is a Sabbath ). The 30th Tishri is also the first new moon day of the month of Cheschwan ("rosh chodesch Cheschwan").
