Jewish Religious Calendar

  1. Nisan / Abib (March-April)
    Spring rains, barley and flax harvest
    Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits
  2. Iyyar / Ziv (April-May)
  3. Sivan (May-June)
    Wheat harvest
    Festival of Weeks
  4. Tammuz (June-July)
  5. Ab (July-August)
    Temple destroyed on 9th of Ab by Nebuchadnezzar and later the Romans
  6. Elul (August-September)
  7. Tishri / Ethanim (September-October)
    Autumn rains, plowing
    Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles
  8. Heshran / Bul (October-November)
  9. Kislev (November-December)
    Hanukkah
  10. Tebeth (December-January)
  11. Shebat (January-February)
  12. Adar (February-March)
    Purim

Note: Tishri is the first month of the civil calendar. God changed the calendar in Exodus 12:2, making Nisan the first month.

Source: Bible Book of Lists at www.SusanCAnthony.com