The Jewish calendar doesn't have an equivalent to February. Months on the Jewish calendar do not line up evenly with months on the western calendar.
Answer:The month of February roughly corresponds to Shevat.It is the seventh month of the Jewish year, equivalent to Nisan of the modern Jewish calendar. As the Jewish calendar is different in length to the Gregorian calendar, there is not a directly corresponding month.
The Jewish holiday of Purim falls in the Jewish month of Adar, which is February-March time according to the secular calendar. See http://www.answers.com/purim
Yes (in the Jewish calendar)
The Gregorian calendar is a purely solar calendar, while the Jewish calendar is a solar-lunar calendar. In a bit more detail, the Gregorian calendar has months that have nothing to do with the moon and a leap day is added in February every few years to keep the days and months in their right season. In the Jewish calendar, every month starts with the new moon and a leap month is inserted (by doubling the spring month of Adar) when needed to keep the months in their right season.
I am a little confused regarding the beginning of the Hebrew year. I have read that it starts in the fall on Rosh Hashanah, and I have read that it starts in the spring on the 1st of Nisan.If the year begins on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the third month is Kislev. But if Nisan is the first month then the third month is Sivan.Answer:The third month is Sivan. While the year starts in Tishrei, the months start in Nisan.
February
Nisan
February - in the Western calendar.
Rosh Chodesh refers to the new moon which traditionally marked the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar.
It is a period spanning February & March in the Gregorian calendar.
Elul is the 6th month of the Jewish year, roughly corresponding to September.Elul is the sixth month of the Jewish calendar. It roughly corresponds with September, though its dates shift several days back and forth as the (Hebrew) lunisolar calendar is periodically realigned with the solar seasons (the Gregorian calendar).
Kislev is the name of the 9th month of the Jewish calendar. The 25th day of Kislev is the first day of Chanukah. The month overlaps with the month of December.