The Hebrew Calendar

   The Hebrew or Jewish calendar  is a lunisolar calendar (which is a calendar whose date indicates both the moon phase and the time of the solar year) used today in Israel for religious purposes, provides a time frame for agriculture and is an official calendar for civil purposes. Most years The Hebrew calendar have 12 months but every second or third year it has 13 months. In leap years  an additional month, Adar I is added after Shevat, while the regular Adar is referred to as Adar II. Can you find the 12 months of the Hebrew calendar in this word search? To play left click on a letter and then highlight the letters you want and then left click again.

Hebrew Calendar Facts

Nisan usually falls in March–April on our Calendar

Iyar usually falls in April–June on our Calendar

Sivan usually falls in May–June on our Calendar

Tammuz occurs on the around June-July on our Calendar

Av usually occurs in July–August on our Calendar

Elul usually occurs in August–September on our Calendar

Tishrei usually occurs in September–October on our Calendar

Marcheshvan is an autumn month which occurs in October–November

Kislev is an autumn month which occurs in November–December

Tevet usually occurs in December–January on our Calendar

Shevat usually occurs in January–February on our Calendar

Adar I and II occur during February–March on our Calendar