Hebrew Calendar

 

Christian vs Jewish Festivals

Holy Week 圣周	Pesach 逾越节 ( Passover )  & Feast of Matzot 无酵节    ( Feast of Unleavened Bread )  LEV 23:5–8
Palm Sunday Jesus’s Triumphal entry into Jerusalem  JHN 12:12-18
Holy Monday Anointing of Jesus at Bethany  JHN 12:1-11
Fig Tuesday Jesus predicted his own death MAR 8:31
Spy Wednesday Judas betrayed Jesus to High Priest LUK 22:1-6
Maundy Thursday Commemorate the Maundy and Last Supper JHN 13
Good Friday Commemorate the Crucifixion of Christ MAR 15:24-41	Erev Pesach Fast of Firstborn EXO 12:14
Black Saturday Jesus buried  MAR 15:42-47	Pesach I Commemorate Jews liberation from Egypt  DEU 16:12, EXO 13:3
Easter Sunday Commemorate the Resurrection of Christ LUK 24	Pesach II
	Pesach III
	Pesach IV
	Pesach V
	Pesach VI
	Pesach VII Commemorate the Passage through the Red Sea EXO 14

Pentecost 五旬節	Shavout 七七节
Ascension Day耶穌升天日 Easter +40 days MAK 16:19, LUK 24:51, ACT 1:2 Commemorates the Ascension of Jesus
Pentecost  ACTS 2 Ascension Day +10 days Passover +50 days Commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit	Shavout ( Feast of Weeks) DEU 16:9-12 6th Sivan Festival of Reaping (Wheat) EXO 34:22 Commemorates Giving of Torah
Whit Monday

Hebrew Calendar

	Hebrew	Academy	Length	Holiday / Notable days	Notes
1	נִיסָן	Nisan	30 days	Passover	Called Abib ( Exo 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, Deu 16:1 ), and Nisan ( Est 3:7 ) in the Tanakh.  1st Nissan = ecclesiastical new year for counting of months and festivals.
2	אִיָּר / אייר	Iyyar	29 days	Pesach Sheni, Lag B'Omer	Called Ziv in 1Kings 6:1, 6:37
3	סִיוָן / סיוון	Siwan	30 days	Shavuot
4	תַּמּוּז	Tammuz	29 days	Seventeenth of Tammuz	Named for the babylonian god Dumuzi
5	אָב	Av	30 days	Tisha B'Av, Tu B'Av
6	אֱלוּל	Elul	29 days		New Year for tithing animals
7	תִּשׁרִי	Eishri	30 days	Rosh Hasahnah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shimini Atzeret, Simchat Torah	Called Ethanim in 1Kings 8:2.  1st Tishrei = civil new year, .
8	מַרְחֶשְׁוָן / מרחשוון	Marheshwan	29 or 30days		Called Bul in 1Kings 6:38
9	כִּסְלֵו	Kislew	30 or 29 days	Hanukkah
10	טֵבֵת	Tebeth	29 days	Tenth of Tevet
11	שְׁבָט	Shevat	30 days	Tu Bishvat	New Year for trees and agricultural tithes
12 #	אֲדָר א׳	Adar I	30 days		only in Leap years
12	אֲדָר /  אֲדָר ב׳	Adar / Adar II	29 days	Purim