Nisan (Noun)
Meaning
The seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April).
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The dates for Passover or Pesach vary by year but typically fall within the Hebrew month of Nisan or a portion of March and April of the Gregorian calendar.
- During the month of Nisan, the Jewish community prepares for the holiday of Passover by cleaning their homes and removing all leavened products.
- The Hebrew calendar marks Nisan as the first month of the ecclesiastical year with dates usually falling sometime in March or early April.
- Rosh Chodesh Nisan marks the first day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, often celebrated by attending special services at the synagogue.
- The fifteenth day of Nisan is traditionally set aside to commemorate the first night of Passover with family seders and reading from the Haggadah.