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  Nisan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In some Christian traditions it is believed Jesus' death occurred at 3:00 (i.e., the ninth canonical hour from sunrise) on the afternoon of 14 Nisan, the eve of Passover, and the Last Supper was a pre-Passover Seder held the previous evening.
"Nisan" is also the Turkish, an Altaic language, and Arabic, a Sami language, name for the month of April.
In the story of Xenogears, "Nisan" is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nisan   (227 words)

  
 HaberX - Nisan ayında 9 bin 82 adet motorlu taşıtın trafiğe kaydı yapıldı.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nisan ayında 9 bin 82 adet motorlu taşıtın trafiğe kaydı yapıldı.
Nisan ayında trafiğe kaydolan araçların yüzde 8.4'ünü ise minibüs, otobüs, yol ve iş makinaları ile özel amaçlı taşıtlar oluşturdu.
Nisan ayında bin 56 taşıtın ise trafikten kaydı silindi.
www.haberx.com /n/21331/nisan-ayinda-9-bin-82.htm   (224 words)

  
 Jewish Heritage Online Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nisan is the first month of the religious year, the seventh of the civil year.
Nisan (the name is derived from the Assyrian) has thirty days, and its zodiac sign is Aries (which the rabbis connected with the paschal lamb).
Nisan is a festive month when public mourning is avoided and Takhanun (prayer of supplication) is omitted from the daily prayers.
www.jhom.com /topics/lions/envy/topics/envy/envy/envy/envy/envy/calendar/nisan/about.html   (236 words)

  
 Nisan
Trained and supported through Nisan, Arab and Jewish young women are prepared to participate effectively and resourcefully in the decision making processes of their communities, advance their convictions with sensitivity and respect for themselves and others, and achieve results.
In January 1995, Nisan was recognized as a not-for-profit organization in Israel and the Board of Directors was established.
Nisan is recognized as a national authority on young women's leadership development by the Government of Israel, the Ministry of Education, important "think-tanks," and the media.
mpdn.org /nisan.htm   (1467 words)

  
 Nisan Kristiyanto's Art Note 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An assumption from the writer and a few appreciator was this was a conflict of growing, founding, creativity and a certain extent of richness that triggers evaluation and appreciation in art.
If one has collected his works with grass theme, then the later version of Nisan's grass filled with mass of people should be added as a plus to extend one's collection.
An attention to the rhytm of the grass or the fingers of the paddy, the trees, the squares in the paddy fields and the array rooftops of the nearby farmers, reminds us of the scenery in Parakan village, Temanggung district in Central Java.
www.mondecor.com /Nisan/foreword2.htm   (543 words)

  
 Jewish Community Online
Nisan has another name in the Bible - hodesh ha'aviv, the month of spring - and symbols of spring appear throughout the Passover ritual.
The zodiac sign for Nisan is Aries, the ram, which tradition connects to the paschal lamb Israelite families ate on the eve of their departure from Egypt.
The ram of Nisan also represents the merit of Isaac, who allowed himself to be offered as a lamb for sacrifice and was saved by the ram that appeared in the thicket.
www.atljewishtimes.com /holidays/nisan.shtml   (289 words)

  
 Jewish Community Online
The mazal, or constellation, for Nisan is a lamb.
God chose Nisan as the first of the months, because it was the first new moon after liberation from Egypt.
Sadie American -11th of Nisan (1862-1944) was the founder of the National Council of Jewish Women and an outspoken social activist.
www.atljewishtimes.com /holidays/roshc_nisan.shtml   (905 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - NISAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nisan 1.—In commemoration of the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, Nisan 10.—In commemoration of the death of Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron.
On the evening of the 14th of Nisan the Feast of Passover begins; on the 16th, the second day of Passover, the Hebrews offered a sheaf of barley as the first-fruits of the harvest of the current year; and on the same day began the reckoning (
Nisan coincides, approximately, with the month of April.
jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=299&letter=N&search=Nisan   (222 words)

  
 THE HEBREW LUNAR CALENDAR
The Nisan moon was the 1st full moon seen after the passing of the spring equinox.
Nisan was the first month on the Hebrew calendar and marked the beginning of the religious year and the month in which Passover would be celebrated.
The new moon of Nisan (the Paschal Moon) of 32 A.D. was March 29 at approx.
endtimepilgrim.org /70wks5.htm   (2643 words)

  
 themusicedge.com :: Nisan Stewart: From Drum Line to Star Time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nisan Stewart was born and raised in Southern CA, and spent his formative years as a drummer in his father, Bishop Carl Stewart's church.
Nisan says his upbringing in the Church had a definitive effect on his interest in music and most importantly the drums.
Nisan cites Dave Weckl of Chick Corea's, Elektric Band for having a profound effect on Nisan as a young budding drummer.
themusicedge.com /moxie/news/featartist/nisan-stewart-from-drum-l.shtml   (1136 words)

  
 Quartodecimanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the Gospel of John (for example John 19:14), this was the Friday that Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, the Synoptic Gospels place the Friday on 15 Nisan.
Many churches of the East, particularly those in Asia Minor, celebrated their Passover at the close of the 14th of Nisan regardless of the day of the week on which it fell, while many other churches, including the Church of Rome, celebrated Passover on the first day of the week following the 14th of Nisan.
A peculiar offshoot of the Quartodecimanians was the rigidly ascetic Audians, who likewise held that the passover must be kept at the very same time (not after the same manner) with the Jews, on the fourteenth of Nisan, and for their authority appealed to their edition of the Apostolic Constitutions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quartodeciman   (1274 words)

  
 Ariga: Human Rights and Peace Groups: Nisan Nisan Young Women Leaders
Nisan Young Women Leaders is the only non-profit organization in Israel, which is exclusively dedicated to the advancement of young Jewish and Arab women in Israel.
Nisan’s innovative programs develop the leadership potential of Jewish and Arab Israeli young women, support their initiatives and foster communication, cooperation and co-existence among the participants.
Nisan’s purpose is the empowerment of young high school age women, in a society that discriminates and fails to provide equal opportunities for young women, both Jewish and Arab.
www.ariga.com /humanrights/nisan.shtml   (280 words)

  
 Nisan/Nissan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nisan Nisan (Standard Hebrew Nisan, Tiberian Hebrew Nîsan: from Akkadian nisanu, from Sumerian nisag "First fruits") is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar.
In traditional Christian belief Jesus' death occurred at 3:00 (i.e., the ninth canonical hour) on the afternoon of 15 Nisan, the first day of Passover, and the Last Supper was a Passover Seder held the night before on the evening of 15 Nisan.
The three main applicable groups of commandments associated with the holiday are: eating matzoh, or unleavened bread; the prohibition of eating any foods containing leavening during the holiday1); and the retelling of the Jews' miraculous exodus from ancient Egypt (Mitzrayim).
www.red-ice.net /winterwonderland/nisan.html   (666 words)

  
 The New Year of Spring: A Ritual Fantasy | telshemesh.org
The new moon of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which this year falls on March 29, is one of the Jewish harbingers of spring.
The Torah tells that the new moon of Nisan is the anniversary of the desert Tabernacle’s construction and dedication, and also the anniversary of Miriam’s death.
According to the Mishnah, the first of Nisan is a new year of the Jewish calendar.
telshemesh.org /nisan/the_new_year_of_spring_a_ritual_fantasy.html   (1388 words)

  
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On the 14th the lamb was to be sacrificed and its blood struck upon the side posts and upper door post of the house in which it would be eaten.
Jesus was crucified on the 14th of Nisan, as the lambs were being sacrificed for the Passover meal some hours later on the 15th.
The 10th of Nisan is a compelling date for the Firstfruits Rapture as a fulfillment of one of Scriptures most exciting patterns.
www.rapture.ws /nisan10.html   (1125 words)

  
 Nisan: the First Month
Earlier generations regarded the first day of Nisan as a special occasion in its own right which was celebrated in a variety of way.
According to the fragmentary remains of this document the first day of Nisan was to be observed as a full-fledged festival with special sacrificial offerings similar to those of Rosh Hashanah.
By insisting that each Jew throughout the world pay an equal share each year, and that no individuals be permitted to purchase public sacrifice out of their own pockets, they were actively asserting the equality of all Jews in worship, a position which aroused concerted opposition among the aristocratic priests of the Sadducee party.
www.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/Shokel/920331_Nisan.html   (603 words)

  
 USCFL - Testimony of Prof. Mordechai Nisan
Nisan, an international authority on Middle East and Israeli affairs, is the author of "Middle East Minorities: A History of Self Expression."
In the wake of the Cold War, and in a region which fate is yet undecided between the Arab-Israeli Peace Process and the surge of Islamic Fundamentalism, millions of individuals belonging to ethnic minorities are struggling for their future.
Nisan concluded that in light of the ongoing attempts by the Arab world to annihilate Israel, or to weaken it, it is all the more natural that the Jewish state should seek the establishment of solid bridges, starting with the closest geographically and the most evident politically, i.e.
www.freelebanon.org /testimonies/t15.htm   (996 words)

  
 A Nissan 14 "Passover" -- Fact -- Or Fallacy?
The 14th of Nisan is the day when the Jews put leavening out of their homes, as YEHOVAH God commanded, so they could celebrate the seven days of unleavened bread.
The 14th of Nisan was the day when preparations were made for the actual Passover Feast which was celebrated on the 15th of Nisan.
Yeshua was slain in the afternoon of Nisan 14.
www.hope-of-israel.org /nisan14p.htm   (7132 words)

  
 Nisan 5761 (Mar - Apr 2001)
The tribe of Naphtali is associated with the month of Nisan.
The Mishnah calls the first of Nisan the "new year for kings and festivals." Reigns of monarchs in biblical times were reckoned from that time, but later it was made the seventh month of the civil year.
11 Nisan 5030 (March 28, 1270): This date marks the anniversary of the death of Moses ben Nachman (born 1194) - also known as Nachmanides or as the RamBaN.
philologos.org /bpr/files/Calendar/5761/07.nisan.htm   (1043 words)

  
 Nisan | telshemesh.org
The first of Nisan is one of the four new years of the Jewish calendar1, marking the “first of the months” (rosh chadashim)2, or the beginning of time itself.
So the first of Nisan is an appropriate time to celebrate and reaffirm the kingdom/queendom of the Holy One and the Shekhinah, and the budding of the tree of life.
I also use the first of Nisan to begin to clean my house for Passover, sweeping dirt and debris away, knowing that this cleaning is a spiritual process of preparing myself as a Tabernacle for the Divine presence.
www.telshemesh.org /nisan   (2591 words)

  
 Jewish Feasts & Significance
The cleansing of the Temple by Hezekiah (2 Chron 29:23).
The decree is given to Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem by the Persian King Artaxerxes Longimanus in Nisan 1, 445 BC (Nehemiah 2:1-8).
Jesus was crucified on Nisan 15 and on Nisan 17 rose from the dead—first fruits of all other resurrections.
www.layevangelism.com /qreference/chapter33.htm   (1489 words)

  
 JCC Association's Early Childhood Curriculum Project 'This New Month' - Nisan 5765
This is because Nisan is the start of the agricultural cycle and also the month of redemption as celebrated in the festival of Pesach (Passover).
Nisan is also known as "Chodesh HaAviv," the month of spring.
In Israel Nisan is always a month in which the countryside is green and covered in flowers.
www.jccathisnewmonth.org /5766/Nisan/nisan.asp   (290 words)

  
 NiSAN-4
In previous correspondences I have presented the NiSAN [Nistar, Sod, Emet, Emet Nechona] interpretative scheme of R. Isaac of Acre, a system that was ignored by most kabbalists and scholars, who took more interest in the famous PaRDeS system.
The different methods of interpretation of NiSAN are arranged according to ascending realms in the chain of being.
As I suggested, NiSAN is a form of mystical hermeneutics - i.e., the NiSAN method is designed not only to elucidate the interpreted text, but also to approach and experience the Divine realm.
www.kheper.net /topics/hermeneutics/NiSAN-4.html   (1056 words)

  
 Nisan - Definition, explanation
Nisan (נִיסָן, Standard Hebrew Nisan, Tiberian Hebrew Nîsān: from Akkadian nisānu, from Sumerian nisag "First fruits") is the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year and the first month of the civil year on the Hebrew calendar.
The death of Yeshua Bar-Yosef or Jesus Christ, whom Christians believe to be the Messiah, traditionally occurred at 3:00 (i.e., the ninth canonical hour) on the afternoon of 15 Nisan, the first day of Passover.
The Last Supper, a Passover Seder, was held the night before on the evening of 15 Nisan.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/ni/nisan.php   (494 words)

  
 Rosh Chodoshim - Biblical New Years Day
Nisan 1 is the Biblical New Years Day, the start of the month of the Exodus from Egypt and the beginning of Jewish national history.
Rosh Chodesh Nisan commemorates the start of the month of Nisan, and thereby inaugurates the beginning of the biblical new year.
The Shabbat preceding Nisan 1 is called HaChodesh and is one of the special Shabbatot (special Sabbaths) intended to ready oneself for a festival or other event (in this case, Passover, which begins two weeks later on Nisan 14).
www.hebrew4christians.com /Holidays/Spring_Holidays/Rosh_Chodashim/rosh_chodashim.html   (265 words)

  
 Fiskilis Agelos
Nisan 9 After the Sabbath, Jerusalem is abuzz with activity.
Nisan 11 It is early in the morning, and Jesus and his disciples are already on their way over the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem.
Nisan 14, After Sundown Jerusalem is shrouded in the soft light of dusk as the full moon rises over the Mount of Olives.
www.geocities.com /fiskilis/memorial-day   (2432 words)

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