Tishrei // תִּשׁרִי
About Tishrei
Tishrei is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the Jewish religious year on the Hebrew calendar.
Tishrei comes at the same time as the secular months September/October.
Tishrei contains the fall equinox. We begin to seek an inner balance that reflects the equilibrium between day and night. As the seasons change from summer to fall, we too seek changes in our lives. We hope that our journey is also colorful and bright.
Tishrei overflows with holy days which usher in the Jewish New Year. The four main holidays of Tishrei correspond to the four phases of the moon.
Holidays in Tishrei
Tishrei History
3760 BCE
Adam and Eve were created, according to one opinion in the Talmud.
1313 BCE
Moses returns from a final trip to Mount Sinai, bearing a second set of tablets and a message of forgiveness for the Golden Calf.
946 BCE
14-day dedication of Solomon's Temple
582 BCE
Assassination of Gedaliah; now a fast day.
123 CE
Rabbi Akiva is arrested.
1349
The Jewish population of Krems, Germany, was massacred in the Black Death riots
1659
HaRav Tuvya and HaRav Yisroel were murdered in a blood libel in Razino.
1683
King Louis XIV expelled the Jews from all French territories in America.
1923
Daf Yomi study regimen is launched.
1939
The Wehrmacht murdered 100 Jews in Lukov, Poland, Hy"d.
1974
The armies of Egypt, Syria, and other Arab states attack Israeli positions in the Sinai and Golan Heights, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
Tishrei Zodiac
The mazal (Zodiac) for Tishrei is Libra (scales) symbolizing scales of justice.