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Nisan ('''נִיסָן''', ''nisānu'', from Sumerian ''nisag'' "First fruits") is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew Calendar . The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Torah it is called '' Aviv '', meaning spring. It is a spring month of 30 days.

It is also the Turkish and Arabic name for the month of April.

In some , and the Last Supper was a pre-Passover Seder held at the start (evening) the 13th of Nisan. In the Hebrew Calendar the day begins at sunset, as in the Book of Genesis, "there was evening, and there was morning" in ''that'' order. (See Quartodecimanism for more information.)


HOLIDAYS IN NISAN

  • Pesach - Nisan 14 (Festival of Unleavened Bread - 15 through 21 Nisan), Leviticus 23:5-8.

  • Yom HaShoah - Nisan 27