Kislev - wikipedia Kislev `` Chislev '' redirects here. For Dragonlance deity, see List of Dragonlance deities § Chislev. For the Warhammer Fantasy location, see Kislev ( Warhammer ). For the Russian surname, see Kiselyov. ← Marcheshvan Kislev ( כִּסְלֵו ) Tevet → Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, begins on the 25th of Kislev. Month Number : 9 Number of Days : 30 ( sometimes 29 ) Season : Autumn Gregorian Equivalent : November -- December Kislev ( Hebrew : כִּסְלֵו, Standard Kislev Tiberian Kislēw ; also Chislev ) is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In a regular ( kesidran ) year Kislev has 30 days, but because of the Rosh Hashanah postponement rules, in some years it can lose a day to make the year a `` short '' ( chaser ) year. Kislev is an autumn month which occurs in November -- December on the Gregorian calendar and is sometimes known as the month of dreams. The name of the month may be taken from Akkadian kislimu, which means `` inspissated, thickened '' due to plentiful rains. But the name may also derive from the Hebrew root K-S-L as in the words `` kesel, kisla '' ( hope, positiveness ) or `` ksil '' ( Orion, a constellation that shines especially in this month ) because of the expectation and hope for rains. In Jewish Rabbinic literature, the month of Kislev is believed to correspond to the Tribe of Benjamin. Contents 1 Holidays in Kislev 2 Kislev in Jewish history and tradition 3 References in fiction 4 References 5 External links Holidays in Kislev 25 Kislev -- 2 Tevet -- Hanukkah -- ends 3 Tevet if Kislev is short Kislev in Jewish history and tradition 6 Kislev ( 1973 ) -- Death of David Ben - Gurion 14 Kislev ( circa 1568 BC ) -- Birth of Reuben, son of Jacob. 14 Kislev ( circa 1445 BC ) -- Death of Reuben, son of Jacob. 15 Kislev ( 167 BC ) -- The Greeks set up the `` Abomination of Desolation '' in the Temple. 17 Kislev ( 1947 ) -- The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine, which eventually led to the creation of the State of Israel. 19 Kislev ( 2017 ) -- US President Donald Trump announces that Jerusalem is in fact recognized as the capital city of the nation - state of Israel, by the USA. 20 Kislev ( circa 457 BC ) -- Ezra addresses a three - day assemblage of Jews in Jerusalem, telling them to adhere to the Torah and to dissolve their interfaith marriages. 21 Kislev ( circa 128 BC ) -- The Samaritan temple at Mount Gerizim was destroyed by John Hyrcanus I. 25 Kislev ( 167 BC ) The Greeks make pagan sacrifices in the Temple 25 Kislev ( 164 BC ) -- The Hanukkah miracle 27 Kislev ( circa 2105 BC ) -- Flood rains cease ( According to Genesis 6 -- 8 ). References in fiction In the story of Xenogears, Kislev is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month. In the Warhammer universe, Kislev is both the name for a city near the chaos wastes and the country in which it resides. In the Dragonlance universe, Kislev ( or Chislev ) represents the godly force of instinct. By Jon Stewart in `` Can I Interest You in Hanukkah '' from Stephen Colbert 's A Colbert Christmas : The Greatest Gift of All ! References Jump up ^ `` Chislev ''. Webster 's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. The Free Dictionary ( Farlex ). 1913. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Rosh Chodesh Kislev Torah.org ''. torah.org. ^ Jump up to : Hamodia. Nov / 28 / 12. p. D47. Jump up ^ `` Now the fifteenth day of the month Kislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side. '' ( 1 Maccabees 1 : 54 ) Jump up ^ `` President Donald J. Trump 's Proclamation on Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel ''. whitehouse.gov. 2017 - 12 - 06. Archived from the original on 2017 - 12 - 06. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Statement by President Trump on Jerusalem ''. whitehouse.gov. 2017 - 12 - 06. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 11. Jump up ^ Megillat Ta'anit 29 Jump up ^ `` Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God. '' ( 1 Maccabees 1 : 59 ) External links This Month in Jewish History Resources on the Month of Kislev Jewish and Israeli holidays and observances Jewish holidays and observances Shabbat Shabbat High Holy Days Rosh Hashanah Fast of Gedalia Ten Days of Repentance Yom Kippur Three Pilgrimage Festivals Passover Fast of the Firstborn Pesach Sheni Shavuot Sukkot Hoshana Rabbah Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah Yom tov sheni shel galuyot Chol HaMoed Isru chag Rosh Chodesh Hanukkah Tenth of Tevet Tu BiShvat Fast of Esther Purim Purim Katan Counting of the Omer Lag BaOmer 17th of Tammuz The Three Weeks The Nine Days Tisha B'Av Tu B'Av Rosh Hashanah LaBehema Holidays / memorial days of the State of Israel Yom HaShoah ( Holocaust Remembrance Day ) Yom HaZikaron ( Memorial Day ) Yom HaAtzmaut ( Independence Day ) Yom Yerushalayim ( Jerusalem Day ) Yom HaAliyah ( Aliyah Day ) Ethnic minority holidays Mimouna Seharane Sigd Hebrew calendar months Tishrei Cheshvan Kislev Tevet Shevat Adar and Adar Sheni Nisan Iyar Sivan Tammuz Av Elul Jewish and Israeli holidays 2000 -- 2050 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kislev&oldid=854409760 '' Categories : Kislev Months of the Hebrew calendar Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская Català Cebuano Čeština Deutsch Eesti Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Македонски Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Română Русский Slovenčina Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Tagalog Türkçe Українська ייִדיש 中文 24 more Edit links This page was last edited on 11 August 2018, at 04 : 17 ( UTC ). 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Question: what is the ninth month in the jewish calendar
Answer: Kislev