This week we read in Parashat Noach
We are now in the Zera season
Bereshit 8:22 So long as the earth endures, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Summer and winter, Day and night Shall not cease.”
כבעֹד כָּל־יְמֵי הָאָרֶץ זֶרַע וְקָצִיר וְקֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה לֹא יִשְׁבֹּתוּ׃
According to Rabbenu Hiirsch:
Genesis 8:2 Rav Hirsch page170 [Noach]
There are 6 seasons: 3 winter and 3 summer seasons
zera [beginning of the winter]: 15 Tishre-15 Kislev
choref [midwinter]:15Kislev-15 Shevat
kor [end of the winter]: 15 Shevat-15 Nisan
katzir [beginning of the summer]: 15 Nisan-15 Sivan
kayitz [midsummer]: 15 Sivan-15 AV
chom [ end of summer]: 15 AV-15 Tishre
About the Jewish calendar:
The Jewish Months: Approximate Secular Date
Nissan March–April Passover
Iyar April–May -Lag B’Omer
Sivan May–June Shavuot
Tammuz June–July 17 Tamuz [fast day]
Menachem Av July–August Tisha B’Av
Elul August–September
Tishrei September–October The High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah
Marcheshvan October–November
Kislev November–December Chanukah
Tevet December–January Conclusion of Chanukah 10 Tevet fast-day
Shevat January–February Tu B’Shvat
Adar February–March Purim