AVIV
Aviv
Aviv has several related meanings in Hebrew: The basic meaning of the word aviv is the stage in the growth of grain when the seeds have reached full size and are filling with starch, but have not dried yet. During the plague of hail, the barley was said to be aviv and the flax giv`ol, The month in the Hebrew calendar when the barley has reached or passed this stage is called Aviv, or the "month of the aviv": the seventh of the Jewish civil year, and the first of the Biblical ecclesiastical year. It begins about the time of the Northern spring equinox . Since the Babylonian captivity, this month has mainly been ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Aviv
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