Nisan (or
Nissan) (
Hebrew ???????), (
Arabic ????? ),
Modern Hebrew (Standard) Nisan Tiberian Nîsan is the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year on the
Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the
Torah it is called the month of the
Aviv, referring to a stage in the ripening of
barley which occurs during the month. It is a spring month of 30 days. Nisan usually falls in
March–
April on the
Gregorian calendar. In the
Book of Esther in the
Tanakh it is referred to as Nisan.
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