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Nisan
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Nisan (; ) or Nissan (; from ) is the month of the barley ripening and the first month of spring in the Babylonian and Hebrew calendars. The name of the month is an Akkadian borrowing, although it is ultimately derived from Sumerian nisag 'first fruits'.
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- The Seder Table the ritual feast in the Jewish holiday of Passover which occurs on the 15 Nisan.
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- , ܢܝܣܢ (Syriac)
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- Hebrew calendar, Assyrian calendar
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- 1
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- 30
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- Spring (Northern Hemisphere)
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- March–April
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- Passover, Akitu (Assyrian New year)
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- Adar
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- Iyar
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10 sectionsContents
- Name and origin
- Holidays and observances
- Moveable holidays and observances
- In history and tradition
- Table of civil dates when 1 Nisan occurs
- Other uses
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Nisan (; ) or Nissan (; from ) is the month of the barley ripening and the first month of spring in the Babylonian and Hebrew calendars. The name of the month is an Akkadian borrowing, although it is ultimately derived from Sumerian nisag 'first fruits'.
In the Hebrew calendar, it is the first month of the ecclesiastical year, called the "first of the months of the year" (Exodus 12:1-2), "first month" (Ex 12:14), and the month of Aviv (Ex 13:4; ḥōḏeš hāʾāḇîḇ). It is called Nissān in the Book of Esther. It is a month of 30 days. In the year 2025CE, 1 Nisan occurred on 30 March. Counting from 1 Tishrei, the civil new year, it would be the seventh month (eighth, in leap year), but in contemporary Jewish culture, both months are viewed as the first and seventh simultaneously, and are referred to as one or the other depending on the specific religious aspects being discussed.