Tishri

Tish´ree

The postexilic Babylonian name for the seventh Hebrew month, Ethanim (September/October; 1Kgs 8:2). It marked the beginning of the religious year with the New Year Festival (Heb. Rosh Hashanah), celebrated on the first day of the month (originally on the tenth day), followed by the Day of Atonement (Heb. Yom Kippur) on the tenth day (Lev 16; Lev 23:26-32; Num 29:7-11) and the eight-day Festival of Tabernacles (or Booths; Heb. Sukkoth) beginning on the fifteenth day (Lev 23:33-44).