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Miscellaneous
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A. D. = Latin "Anno Domini."
Used to designate years
AFTER the birth of Jesus. | | B. C. = Before Christ.
Used to designate years
BEFORE the birth of Jesus. | | B.C.E. = Before Common Era
(means the same as B.C.) | | | ca. / circa = around | | c. = before a date, about | | C. E. = Common Era
(means the same as A.D.) | | | e.g. = for example | | ib. or ibid. = from the source
cited in the last footnote. | | i.e. = that is; specifically | |
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Letters of the
Hebrew Alphabet |
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| Aleph |
א |
| Teth | ט |
| Ayin | ע |
| Beth |
ב | Yod | י |
Pe | פ |
| Gimel |
ג | Kaph | כ |
Tsaddi | צ |
| Daleth |
ד |
| Lamed | ל |
| Koph | ק |
| He |
ה |
| Mem | מ |
| Resh | ר |
| Vau |
ו |
| Nun | נ |
| Shin | ש |
| Zayin |
ז |
| Samech | ס |
| Tau | ת |
| Cheth |
ח |
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Hebrew Letters with a Variation*
| Final Kaph | ך |
| Final Mem | ם |
| Final Nun | ן |
| Final Pe | ף | | Final Tsaddi | ץ |
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* These are not unique Hebrew letters per se but rather variations of existing letters. These variations are used when the letter in question (Kaph, Mem, Nun, Pe or Tsaddi) is at the end of a word. |
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Letters of the
Greek Alphabet
(left to right)
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Names of the
Hebrew Months | | | | Normal Year | | | | Month | Days | | 1. Abib or Nisan ** | 30 | | 2. Iyar | 29 | | 3. Sivan ** | 30 | | 4. Tammuz | 29 | | 5. Ab | 30 | | 6. Elul | 29 | | 7. Tishri ** | 30 | | 8. Heshvan | 29 or 30 | | 9. Kislev | 29 or 30 | | 10. Tebeth | 29 | | 11. Shebat | 30 | | 12. Adar | 29 | | | | Leap (Intercalary) Year * | | | | Month | Days | | 1. Abib or Nisan ** | 30 | | 2. Iyar | 29 | | 3. Sivan ** | 30 | | 4. Tammuz | 29 | | 5. Ab | 30 | | 6. Elul | 29 | | 7. Tishri ** | 30 | | 8. Heshvan | 29 or 30 | | 9. Kislev | 29 or 30 | | 10. Tebeth | 29 | | 11. Shebat | 30 | | 12. Adar I | 30 | | 13. Adar II | 29 | | | | * A 30-day month called Adar I is added. | |
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| | | The first day of the new Hebrew Calendar sacred year is Tishri 1 (also known as Feast of Trumpets or Rosh Hashana) | | | Roman Calendar
Date of Tishri 1 * | Hebrew Calendar
Sacred Year | | | | | September 27th, 2011 | Year 5772 begins | | | | | September 17th, 2012 | Year 5773 begins | | | | | September 5th, 2013 | Year 5774 begins | | | | | September 25th, 2014 | Year 5775 begins | | | | | September 14th, 2015 | Year 5776 begins | | | | | | | | | |
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