Kislev // כִּסְלֵו

Kislev is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar.

Kislev comes at the same time as the secular months of November/December. This is a cold and dark time of year. Nature rests, and winter is upon us. It also includes Hanukkah, which is the only Jewish holiday that spans two months!

When the Talmud begins to discuss Hanukkah, it first mentions the story: one small jug of oil, intended to burn for one night, lasted eight nights. Only when the season came around again, did they perceive the nature of the previous year’s events. They sensed that the energies of these miracles were ‘established’–the miracles re-manifested, in a spiritual way, on the same dates of a following year.