Shevat

"Shebat" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Shebat, Iran.

Shevat
Month number	11
Number of days	30
Season	Winter
Gregorian equivalent	January–February

Shevat (Hebrew: שְׁבָט, Standard Šəvat Tiberian Šəḇāṭ ; from Akkadian Šabātu) is the fifth month of the civil year starting in Tishre (or Tishri) and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar starting in Nisan. It is a winter month of 30 days. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar. The name of the month was taken from the Akkadian language during the Babylonian Captivity. The assumed Akkadian origin of the month is Šabātu meaning strike that refers to the heavy rains of the season. In Jewish sources the month is first mentioned by this name in the bible book of prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1).

Holidays in Shevat

• 15 Shevat – Tu Bishvat

Shevat in Jewish history and tradition

• 1 Shevat – Moses repeats the Torah (Deuteronomy 1:3)
• 2 Shevat (circa 1628 BC) – Asher born
• 10 Shevat (1950) - Death of the Previous Rebbe, the 6th Chabad Rebbe.
• 10 Shevat (1951) the Lubavitcher Rebbe formally accepts the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement by reciting the discourse "Bati Legani".
• 24 Shevat (517 BC) – Zechariah's prophecy (Zechariah 1:7–16)
• 28 Shevat (circa 134 BC) – Antiochus V abandoned his siege of Jerusalem and his plans for the city's destruction. This day was observed as a holiday in Hasmonean times. (Megilat Taanit)

See also

Main article: Arabic names of calendar months

• "Shebat" (Arabic: ﺷﺒﺎﻂ) and Şubat [ʃuˈbat] is the name for the month of February in Arabic and Turkish.
• Babylonian calendar, where the month's name was Araḫ Šabaṭu

External links

• This Month in Jewish History
• Resources on the Month of Shevat