Editing Kislev

{{Short description|9th month of the Hebrew calendar}}
{{redirect|Chislev|[[Dragonlance]] deity|Dragonlance#Setting}}
{{for multi|the [[Warhammer Fantasy (setting)|Warhammer Fantasy]] location|Kislev (Warhammer)|the Russian surname|Kiselyov}}
{{Infobox month
| image       = Hanukkah 18th century.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = [[Hanukkah]], the Festival of Lights,<br />begins on the 25th of Kislev.
| native_name = {{Native name|he| {{Script/Hebrew|כִּסְלֵו}}}}
| calendar    = [[Hebrew calendar]]
| num         = 9
| days        = 29 or 30
| season      = Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)
| gregorian   = November–December
| holidays    = [[Hanukkah]]
| prev_month  = [[Cheshvan]]
| next_month  = [[Tevet]]
}}

'''Kislev''' or '''Chislev''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|כִּסְלֵו}}, <small>[[Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew|Standard]]</small> ''Kīslev'' <small>[[Tiberian vocalization|Tiberian]]</small> ''Kīslēw''),<ref>{{cite web |title=Chislev |work=Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary |year=1913 |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Chislev |publisher=The Free Dictionary (Farlex) |access-date= 2011-02-07}}</ref> is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the [[Hebrew calendar]]. In the [[Babylonian calendar]] its name was ''Kislimu''.

In a regular (''kesidran'') year Kislev has 30 days, but because of the [[Hebrew calendar#Rosh Hashanah postponement rules|Rosh Hashanah postponement]] rules, in some years it can lose a day to make the year a "short" (''chaser'') year. Kislev is a month which occurs in November–December on the [[Gregorian calendar]] and is sometimes known as the month of dreams.

In Jewish Rabbinic literature, the month of Kislev is believed to correspond to the [[Tribe of Benjamin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://torah.org/torah-portion/shem-meshmuel-5764-kislev/|title=Rosh Chodesh Kislev • Torah.org|website=torah.org|date=March 2016 }}</ref>

==Holidays ==
'''25 Kislev – 2 [[Tevet]] ''' – [[Hanukkah]] – ends 3 Tevet if Kislev is short

==In Jewish history and tradition==
* '''1 Kislev''' (1977) – Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]] miraculously recovered from a devastating heart attack.
* '''6 Kislev''' (1973) – Death of [[David Ben-Gurion]]
* '''8 Kislev''' (1978) – Death of [[Golda Meir]] 
* '''9 Kislev''' (1773) – Birth of the [[Dovber Schneuri|Mitteler Rebbe]], the second Chabad Rebbe.
* '''9 Kislev''' (1827) – Death of the [[Dovber Schneuri|Mitteler Rebbe]], the second Chabad Rebbe.
* '''10 Kislev''' (1826) – Liberation from prison of the [[Dovber Schneuri|Mitteler Rebbe]], the second Chabad Rebbe.
* '''14 Kislev''' ({{circa|1445}} BCE) – Death of [[Reuben (biblical person)|Reuben]], son of [[Jacob]].<ref name="Hamodia">''[[Hamodia]]''. Nov/28/12. p. D47.</ref>
* '''14 Kislev''' (c. 1568 BCE) – Birth of [[Reuben (biblical person)|Reuben]], son of [[Jacob]].<ref name="Hamodia" />
* '''14 Kislev''' (1929) - [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson|Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn]] married [[Chaya Mushka Schneerson|Chaya Mushka Schneersohn]], the daughter of the [[Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn|Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe]]
* '''15 Kislev''' (167 BCE) – The Greeks set up the "Abomination of Desolation" in the Temple.<ref>"Now the fifteenth day of the month Kislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side." ([[1 Maccabees]] 1:54)</ref>
* '''17 Kislev''' (1947) – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] approves [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine|Resolution 181]] for the partition of [[Mandatory Palestine]].
* '''19 Kislev''' (1772) - Death of the [[Dov Ber of Mezeritch|Magid Of Mezritch]], successor of the [[Baal Shem Tov]].  
* '''19 Kislev''' (1798) – Liberation from prison of [[Shneur Zalman of Liadi|Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi]] and celebrated as [[19 Kislev|Yud Tes Kislev]] by Chabad Chassidim.
* '''20 Kislev''' (c. 457 BCE) – [[Ezra]] addresses a three-day assemblage of Jews in [[Jerusalem]], telling them to adhere to the [[Torah]] and to dissolve their [[interfaith marriage]]s.
*  '''21 Kislev''' (c. 128 BCE) – The [[Samaritan]] temple at [[Mount Gerizim]] was destroyed by [[John Hyrcanus I]].<ref>Megillat Ta'anit 29</ref>
*  '''25 Kislev''' (164 BCE) – The [[Hanukkah]] miracle<ref name=":0">"Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Casleu." ([[2 Maccabees]] 10:5)</ref>
* '''25 Kislev''' (167 BCE) The Greeks make pagan sacrifices in the Temple<ref>"Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God." ([[1 Maccabees]] 1:59)</ref><ref name=":0" />
* '''27 Kislev''' (c. 2105 BCE) – Flood rains cease (According to [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 6–8).

==References in fiction==
* In the story of [[Xenogears]], ''Kislev'' is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month.
* In the [[Warhammer Fantasy (setting)|Warhammer universe]], [[Kislev (Warhammer)|''Kislev'']] is both the name for a city near the chaos wastes and the country in which it resides. Kislev is modelled after a combination of 16th century [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] and [[Polish-Lithuanian identity#16th – 18th centuries|Poland-Lithuania]].
* In the [[Dragonlance]] universe, ''Kislev'' (or ''Chislev'') represents the godly force of [[instinct]].
* By [[Jon Stewart]] in "Can I Interest You in [[Hanukkah]]" from [[Stephen Colbert]]'s ''[[A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!]]''

== See also ==
* [[Jewish astrology]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.chabad.org/calendar/ This Month in Jewish History]


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