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Shevat
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Shevat (, , ; from ) 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 month of 30 days. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar.
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- Urueña almendro1 lou.jpg
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- Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees, occurson the 15th of Shevat, which coincides withthe flowering of the almond tree in Israel.
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- Hebrew calendar
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- 11
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- 30
- Month.season
- Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
- Month.gregorian
- January–February
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- Tu Bishvat
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- Tevet
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- Adar
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Shevat (, , ; from ) 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 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 , meaning "strike", that refers to the heavy rains of the season. In Biblical sources, the month is first mentioned by this name in the book of prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:7).