Yamato Yamamoto's definitions

Shevat

A Hebrew calendar month, having 30 days. It follows Tevet and precedes Adar. It is counted as month number 11. Here are its Gregorian conversions:

1 Shevat 5781 = 14 January 2021
1 Shevat 5782 = 3 January 2022
1 Shevat 5783 = 23 January 2023
1 Shevat 5784 = 11 January 2024
1 Shevat 5785 = 30 January 2025
1 Shevat 5786 = 19 January 2026
1 Shevat 5787 = 9 January 2027
1 Shevat 5788 = 29 January 2028
1 Shevat 5789 = 17 January 2029
1 Shevat 5790 = 5 January 2030

- Wait a minute… How many days are in Shevat again?

- Let’s see… There are 30. Remember this rhyme:

Thirty days are in Sivan,
Shevat, Kislev, and dull Nisan;
All the rest have twenty-nine
Except for Av and Tishri fine.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 15, 2021

Adar

A Hebrew calendar month, following Shevat and preceding Nisan. In common years, Adar has 29 days. In embolismic years, Adar is counted twice, with Adar I having 30 days and Adar II having 29 days.

I was born in Adar. (Not actually true)

by Yamato Yamamoto May 15, 2021

Tishri

A month of the Hebrew calendar, having 30 days, counted as month number 7. It is the first month of the Hebrew year. It runs from September to October. It follows Elul and precedes Cheshvan.

-Hey, when were you born?
-I was born in Tishri. The 4th of Tishri to be specific.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 13, 2021

5784

A Hebrew calendar year, having 13 months, corresponding to 2024. It starts on September 16, 2023, and ends at nightfall on October 2, 2024.

5784 was the favorite year of my life; it had an extra Adar and a leap day in the Gregorian calendar.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 14, 2021

2023

A Gregorian non-leap year starting on a Sunday.

In the U.S. and Canada, Daylight Saving Time 2023 starts on March 12 and ends on November 5. In Europe, it starts on March 27 and ends on October 30.

by Yamato Yamamoto February 18, 2022

nineteen-oh-never

Also: 19-oh-never

Very outdated.

Synonyms: eighteen-ninety-never, nineteen-seventy-never, etc.

Dad: And that’s why you should always look in the last place first.
Son: Dad, that joke is from nineteen-oh-never.

by Yamato Yamamoto November 5, 2023

Tevet

A Hebrew calendar month, counted as month number 10. It runs from December to January. It follows Kislev and is followed by Shevat.

I was born in Tevet. (which is not actually true.)

by Yamato Yamamoto May 14, 2021