Kislev or Chislev (

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: , Standard ''Kīslev'' Tiberian ''Kīslēw''), is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the

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. In the

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its name was ''Kislimu''. In a regular (''kesidran'') year Kislev has 30 days, but because of the 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

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and is sometimes known as the month of dreams. In Jewish Rabbinic literature, the month of Kislev is believed to correspond to the

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Holidays

25 Kislev – 2 Tevet –

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– 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

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* 8 Kislev (1978) – Death of

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* 9 Kislev (1773) – Birth of the Mitteler Rebbe, the second Chabad Rebbe. * 9 Kislev (1827) – Death of the Mitteler Rebbe, the second Chabad Rebbe. * 10 Kislev (1826) – Liberation from prison of the Mitteler Rebbe, the second Chabad Rebbe. * 14 Kislev ( BCE) – Death of Reuben, son of

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''. Nov/28/12. p. D47. * 14 Kislev (c. 1568 BCE) – Birth of Reuben, son of

. * 14 Kislev (1929) - Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn married Chaya Mushka Schneersohn, the daughter of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe * 15 Kislev (167 BCE) – The Greeks set up the "Abomination of Desolation" in the Temple. * 17 Kislev (1947) – The

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approves Resolution 181 for the partition of

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. * 19 Kislev (1772) - Death of the Magid Of Mezritch, successor of the Baal Shem Tov. * 19 Kislev (1798) – Liberation from prison of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi and celebrated as Yud Tes Kislev by Chabad Chassidim. * 20 Kislev (c. 457 BCE) – Ezra addresses a three-day assemblage of Jews in

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, telling them to adhere to the

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and to dissolve their interfaith marriages. * 21 Kislev (c. 128 BCE) – The Samaritan temple at

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was destroyed by John Hyrcanus I. * 25 Kislev (164 BCE) – The

miracle"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) * 25 Kislev (167 BCE) The Greeks make pagan sacrifices in the Temple"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) * 27 Kislev (c. 2105 BCE) – Flood rains cease (According to 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 universe, ''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

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and Poland-Lithuania. * In the Dragonlance universe, ''Kislev'' (or ''Chislev'') represents the godly force of

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