Tevet
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n. The fourth month of the Jewish calendar (or tenth if counting from Nisan).
Example Sentences
"The Talmud explains that the month of Tevet was a particularly opportune time, since the cold causes “the body to take pleasure from the body [of another].”" (source)
"The month of Tevet is one of the darker, lowly months of the year." (source)
"Although dark and difficult, Tevet is your opportunity to grow." (source)
"With the exception of the closing days of Chanukah, the month of Tevet contains no Yom Tov or festive day." (source)
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Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Heb. טֵבֵת > Yid. טבֿת teyves
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
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- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Teves
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