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Kislev|ˈkɪslɛf, -ljuː| Also 4–7 Casleu, 6–7 Chisleu, 8– Kislew. [Heb.] The third month of the Jewish civil year and the ninth of the ecclesiastical year, corresponding to parts of November and December.
1382Wyclif Zech. vii. 1 The word of the Lord is maad to Zacharie, in the fourthe day of the nynthe monethe, that is Casleu [later version Caslew; 1535 Coverdale Casleu]. 1388― Neh. i. 1 It was doon in the monethe Casleu [1535 Coverdale Chisleu], in the twentithe ȝeer. 1611Bible 1 Macc. i. 54 The fifteenth day of the moneth Casleu. 1838,1876[see Hesvan]. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 421/2 Upon the great altar of burnt offering a small altar to Jupiter Capitolinus was erected, on which the first offering was made on 25th Kislev 168. 1904Jewish Encycl. VII. 515 On the twenty-fifth of Kislew the Hanukkah festival..commences. 1940Universal Jewish Encycl. II. 632/2 If the day is subtracted, it is taken from the month of Kislev, and the year is termed haserah. 1962D. Bridger New Jewish Encycl. 269 Kislev, the third month of the Jewish calendar, corresponding to November–December, and consisting of 30, and sometimes 29 days. |