Cheshvan
[Sephardic Hebrew khesh-vahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew khesh-vahn; English khesh-vuh n, hesh-] /Sephardic Hebrew xɛʃˈvɑn; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈxɛʃ vɑn; English ˈxɛʃ vən, ˈhɛʃ-/
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/xɛʃˈvan/
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(in the Jewish calendar) the eighth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the second month of the civil year, usually falling within October and November Also called Marcheshvan
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