Category:Tisri

Tis"ri, n. Etym: [heb. tishri, fr. Chald. shera' to open, to begin.]

Defn: the seventh month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, answering To a part of september with a part of october.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Tisri - The first month of the civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical year. See ETHANIM (1 Kings 8:2). Called in the Assyrian inscriptions Tasaritu, i.e. "beginning."