The Month Tebeth

(Assyro-Babylonian, Tebetu) (29 Days)

December/January (Rainy winter months).

Esther 2:16

10^th month of the religious calendar.

4^th month of the civil calendar.

Tebeth 1 - New Moon

December would bring heavier rains and cooler weather. Fruit trees would ripen with their oranges, citrons, and lemons. The vines would be pruned.

Note: Tradition taught the year would be fertile if the month of Tebeth be "ugly" (rainy) and not "widowed" (rainless).

Traditional Remembrances:

Tibeth 1,2 - The 7^th and 8^th days Hanukkah.

Tibeth 5 �

Tibeth 8 � Commemorates the completion of the Septuagint translation.

Tibeth - Fast day (reasons unknown). Commemorates the death of Ezra.

Tibeth 10 - Fast day commemorating the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar, Ezekiel also received his revelation on this day.

Tibeth 25 - Alexander the Great appeared before the walls of Jerusalem.

Tibeth 28 � Commemorates the event when the majority of the Sanhedrin passed over to the Pharisees.