TIŠRÍ. - The first month of the Jewish calendar, corresponding to September–October in our calendar.
The first day of t. (the name of which does not occur in the Bible) marks the beginning of the year, in accordance with Lev. 23, 23 and Num. 29, 1; whereas according to Lev. 25, 9 the first day of the year is the 10th of t. Some hold that this discrepancy is due to the foreign origin of the custom of beginning the year in autumn. The month of t. includes the solemnities of New Year (rō'š haš-fānāh), the Day of Atonement, and the feast of Tabernacles (v.) or booths (zuhkōth).
T. belongs to the names of months of Babylonian origin, introduced into Palestine at a rather late period, since they occur only in post-exilic biblical texts (tēbhēth in Esth. 2, 16; nīsān in Esth. 3, 7; Neh. 2, 1; 'ādhār in Esth. 3, 13; 8, 12; kislēw in Neh. 1, 1).