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Iyar
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Iyar (Hebrew: or , Standard ʾĪyyar Tiberian ʾĪyyār; from "rosette; blossom") is the eighth month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the second month of the Jewish religious year (which starts on 1 Nisan) on the Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian in origin. It is a month of 29 days. Iyar usually falls in April–May on the Gregorian calendar.
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- Month.image
- Lag BaOmer bonfire.jpg
- Month.caption
- A bonfire in Israel on Lag BaOmer celebrated on the 18th of Iyar
- Month.calendar
- Hebrew calendar
- Month.num
- 2
- Month.days
- 29
- Month.season
- Spring (Northern Hemisphere)
- Month.gregorian
- April–May
- Month.holidays
- Pesach Sheni Lag BaOmer
- Month.prev_month
- Nisan
- Month.next_month
- Sivan
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Iyar (Hebrew: or , Standard ʾĪyyar Tiberian ʾĪyyār; from "rosette; blossom") is the eighth month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the second month of the Jewish religious year (which starts on 1 Nisan) on the Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian in origin. It is a month of 29 days. Iyar usually falls in April–May on the Gregorian calendar.
In the Hebrew Bible, before the Babylonian captivity, the month was called Ziv (, , ). Ziv is a Hebrew word that means "light" or "glow".