Tishrei is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tishrei in a sentence
Tishrei meaning
The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.
Using Tishrei
- The main meaning on this page is: The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.
- In the example corpus, tishrei often appears in combinations such as: tishrei molad, of tishrei, molad tishrei.
Context around Tishrei
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tishrei
- In this selection, "tishrei" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, molad, starting, molad and varies stand out and add context to how "tishrei" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the tishrei molad of and day of tishrei. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tishrei" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tishrei
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Likewise, to prevent Hoshana Rabbah (21 Tishrei) from falling on a Saturday, Rosh Hashanah cannot fall on a Sunday. (19 words)
The Babylonian rules required the delay of the first day of Tishrei when the new moon occurred after noon. (19 words)
This greatly reduced the practical level of doubt as to which day would be the first day of Tishrei. (19 words)
Comparing the days of the week of molad Tishrei with those in the keviyah shows that during 39% of years 1 Tishrei is not postponed beyond the day of the week of its molad Tishrei, 47% are postponed one day, and 14% are postponed two days. (46 words)
Four gates The annual calendar of a numbered Hebrew year, displayed as 12 or 13 months partitioned into weeks, can be determined by consulting the table of Four gates, whose inputs are the year's position in the 19-year cycle and its molad Tishrei. (45 words)
So for example if the Tishrei molad is calculated as occurring from noon on Wednesday (the 18th hour of the fourth day) up until noon on Thursday, Rosh Hashanah falls on a Thursday, which of course starts Wednesday at sunset wherever one happens to be. (45 words)
Is there any inyan to employ the secular date, October 7, which in this year, 5785, would fall on the fifth of Tishrei? (23 words)
Example sentences (14)
Comparing the days of the week of molad Tishrei with those in the keviyah shows that during 39% of years 1 Tishrei is not postponed beyond the day of the week of its molad Tishrei, 47% are postponed one day, and 14% are postponed two days.
Secondly, one must determine the number of days between the starting Tishrei molad (TM1) and the Tishrei molad of the next year (TM2).
Is there any inyan to employ the secular date, October 7, which in this year, 5785, would fall on the fifth of Tishrei?
One on Oct. 7, the other one on Tishrei 25. That’s already somewhat awkward, as it’s not clear what the country is going to do with the second date, when the earlier one will clearly be the more dominant.
Edwin Thiele has concluded that the ancient northern Kingdom of Israel counted years using the ecclesiastical new year starting on 1 Aviv (Nisan), while the southern Kingdom of Judah counted years using the civil new year starting on 1 Tishrei.
Four gates The annual calendar of a numbered Hebrew year, displayed as 12 or 13 months partitioned into weeks, can be determined by consulting the table of Four gates, whose inputs are the year's position in the 19-year cycle and its molad Tishrei.
Given the Tishrei molad of a certain year, the length of the year is determined as follows: First, one must determine whether each year is an ordinary or leap year by its position in the 19-year Metonic cycle.
It is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (varies from late September to late October).
It is so named because it identifies the four allowable days of the week on which 1 Tishrei can occur.
Likewise, to prevent Hoshana Rabbah (21 Tishrei) from falling on a Saturday, Rosh Hashanah cannot fall on a Sunday.
So for example if the Tishrei molad is calculated as occurring from noon on Wednesday (the 18th hour of the fourth day) up until noon on Thursday, Rosh Hashanah falls on a Thursday, which of course starts Wednesday at sunset wherever one happens to be.
The Babylonian rules required the delay of the first day of Tishrei when the new moon occurred after noon.
The day most commonly referred to as the "New Year" is 1 Tishrei, which actually begins in the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year.
This greatly reduced the practical level of doubt as to which day would be the first day of Tishrei.
Common combinations with tishrei
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tishrei molad 4×
- of tishrei 4×
- molad tishrei 3×
- the tishrei 3×
- on tishrei 2×