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He hoped for recognition there, especially after he had made certain concessions, such as turning the face toward Jerusalem in prayer, and keeping the Day of Atonement on the tenth of Tishri.

The names employed are those learned during the Babylonian captivity, and the year begins with the month Tishri, corresponding to September-October of our calendar.

For two months289 they may profane the Sabbath, for Nisan and for Tishri, because in them the messengers went forth to Syria, and in them they regulated the feasts.

They changed the characters in which the Bible was written, and the order and names of the months, beginning with Tishri instead of Nisan.

It is, however, to them always the first day of the month Tishri, and the first day of their new year.