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Kislev or Chislev (Hebrew: , Standard Kīslev Tiberian Kīslēw), is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the Babylonian calendar its name was Kislimu.

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Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights,begins on the 25th of Kislev.
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Hebrew calendar
Month.num
9
Month.days
29 or 30
Month.season
Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)
Month.gregorian
November–December
Month.holidays
Hanukkah
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Cheshvan
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Tevet

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Kislev or Chislev (Hebrew: , Standard Kīslev Tiberian Kīslēw), is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the Babylonian calendar its name was Kislimu.

In a regular (kesidran) year Kislev has 30 days, but because of the Rosh Hashanah postponement rules, in some years it can lose a day to make the year a "short" (chaser) year. Kislev is a month which occurs in November–December on the Gregorian calendar and is sometimes known as the month of dreams.

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