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{{Short description|11th month of the Hebrew calendar}}
{{redirect|Shebat|the village in Iran|Shebat, Iran}}
{{Infobox month
| image       = Urueña almendro1 lou.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = [[Tu Bishvat]], the New Year of the Trees, occurs<br>on the 15th of Shevat, which coincides with<br>the flowering of the [[almond|almond tree]] in [[Israel]].
| native_name = {{Native name|he| {{Script/Hebrew|שְׁבָט}}}}
| calendar    = [[Hebrew calendar]]
| num         = 11
| days        = 30
| season      = Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
| gregorian   = January–February
| holidays    = [[Tu Bishvat]]
| prev_month  = [[Tevet]]
| next_month  = [[Adar]]
}}

'''Shevat''' ({{langx|he|שְׁבָט}}, {{small|[[Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew|Standard]]}} {{translit|he|Šəvaṭ}}, {{small|[[Tiberian vocalization|Tiberian]]}} {{translit|he|Šeḇāṭ}}; from {{langx|akk-Latn|Šabātu}}) is the fifth month of the civil year starting in [[Tishre]] (or Tishri) and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the [[Hebrew calendar]] starting in [[Nisan]]. It is a month of 30 days. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the [[Gregorian calendar]].

The name of the month was taken from the [[Akkadian language]] during the Babylonian Captivity. The assumed Akkadian origin of the month is {{lang|akk-Latn|Šabātu}}, meaning "strike", that refers to the heavy rains of the season.
<ref>{{Cite web |title=MikraotGedolot – AlHaTorah.org |url=https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dictionary/7627%20Entry%20for%20%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%98%20in%20F.%20Brown,%20S.%20R.%20Driver,%20and%20C.%20A.%20Briggs,%20A%20Hebrew%20and%20English%20Lexicon%20of%20the%20Old%20Testament%20(Oxford,%201906) |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=mg.alhatorah.org |language=he}}</ref> In Biblical sources, the month is first mentioned by this name in the book of prophet [[Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)|Zechariah]] ([[Zechariah 1]]:7).

==Holidays ==
* '''15 Shevat''' – [[Tu Bishvat]]

==In Jewish history and tradition==
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*'''1 Shevat''' – [[Moses]] repeats the [[Torah]] ([[Deuteronomy]] 1:3)
*'''2 Shevat''' ([[Wiktionary:circa|circa]] 1628 BC) – [[Asher]] born
*'''10 Shevat''' (1950) - Death of the [[Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn|Previous Rebbe]], the 6th Chabad Rebbe.
*'''10 Shevat''' (1951) the [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson|Lubavitcher Rebbe]] formally accepts the leadership of the [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] movement by reciting the discourse "Bati Legani". 
*'''17-18 Shevat''' — the minor Purim of Saragossa, where the Jews of Saragossa were saved from destruction at the hand of an informant. <ref>{{cite web |title=Megillat Saragossa, a Purim Sheni legend for the 17th of Shevat |url=https://opensiddur.org/readings-and-sourcetexts/festival-and-fast-day-readings/jewish-readings/purim-sheni-readings/megillat-saragossa/ |website=The Open Siddur Project |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
*'''22 Shevat''' (1988) - Death of Rebbetzin [[Chaya Mushka Schneerson]], who was married to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe
*'''24 Shevat''' (517 BC) – [[Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)|Zechariah]]'s prophecy ([[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] 1:7–16)
*'''28 Shevat''' ([[Wiktionary:circa|circa]] 134 BC) – [[Antiochus V]] abandoned his siege of [[Jerusalem]] and his plans for the city's destruction. This day was observed as a holiday in Hasmonean times.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chabad Jewish Calendar|url=http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=2/21/2012|publisher=Chabad|access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref> (Megilat Taanit)

==See also==
* [[Babylonian calendar]], where the month's name was Araḫ Šabaṭu
* [[Jewish astrology]]
* ''Šubāṭ'' ({{langx|ar|ﺷﺒﺎﻂ}}) and ''Şubat'' {{IPA|tr|ʃuˈbat|}} is the name for the month of February in [[Arabic]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]].
* [[Magha (month)|Magha]] is the name of the equivalent month in the [[Hindu calendar|Hindu Calendar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.chabad.org/calendar/ This Month in Jewish History]
* [http://www.inner.org/times/shevat/index.php Resources on the Month of Shevat]

{{Jewish and Israeli holidays}}

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