Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Iyar is the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year and the second month of the civil year on the Hebrew calendar. The name is Babylonian in origin. In the Bible it is called Zif. It is a spring month of 29 days. Holidays in Nisan Yom Hazikaron - Iyar 4 Yom Ha'atzma'ut - Iyar 5 Yom Yerushalayim - Iyar 28 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.