tishri

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Last night I found Tishri and Fenrir even.

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Alternative form of Tishrei. [(Judaism) The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.]

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noun

Alternative form of Tishrei. [(Judaism) The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.]

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noun

Alternative form of Tishrei. [(Judaism) The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.]

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Last night I found Tishri and Fenrir even.

(Historically this was February 24 happening twice, not an additional day numbered 29, which is a whole other story.) But in both cases the year number increments at a different time - Hebrew Tishri in the fall, Gregorian January in the winter - so the intercalation appears to happen at some "random" moment within the year.

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How do you use tishri in a sentence?

Last night I found Tishri and Fenrir even.

What does tishri mean?

Alternative form of Tishrei. [(Judaism) The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.]