Bi-modal Triennial Torah Readings
By Hillel ben David
(Greg Killian)
The table, after the
text, was meant to show the bimodal aspect of the septennial
Torah cycle by showing the dates of the first 3˝ years juxtaposed with the
second 3˝ years – from the study titled SHMITATC.
This allows us to see both dates when a particular sedra is read. I created
this table by creating the first and third columns to show the dates and the
readings. Then I created the second column and lined up the dates for the same
readings in the first cycle of three and a half years. The fourth column
contains my comments on the ‘coincidences’ that were revealed by this
juxtaposition.
Succoth and Passover occur at opposite ends (exactly six months apart) of the calendar. They are both harvest festivals, connected to the exodus from Egypt and fall on the full moon, the fifteenth of the Hebrew month. In both festivals, we act out the story, on Passover with the elaborate Seder retelling and ritual foods, and on Succoth, with our eating in the Succah and shaking the lulav and etrog. The number ‘four’ figures prominently in the Seder, and on Succoth we have the four species. Thus the calendar only confirms this beautiful symmetry.
The symmetry of the
calendar, and the septennial Torah readings, is beautifully illustrated in the
conjunction of Tu B’Shevat and Tu
B’Av. These two minor festivals come together three
times in our chart. Two of these three times are
pefect matches.
Tu B'Shevat is mystically parallel to Tu B'Av, the fifteenth day of the Summer month of Av. Tu B'Av is forty days before the twenty-fifth of Elul, the date of the beginning of the creation of the world (which is five days prior to Rosh HaShanah). The Talmud, at the end of tractate Taanit, suggests that Tu B’Av represents the 'subconscious' glimmer of love that led to the act of creation. The Baalei HaTosefot, in tractate Rosh HaShanah 27b, say that on Rosh HaShanah, the 'thought' of creating humanity entered the Creator's consciousness. The actual Creation of humanity took place six months later, on the first of the month of Nisan.
Tu B’Shevat is forty days before the twenty-fifth of Adar.
According to the Baalei HaTosefot, the twenty-fifth of Adar would be the first
day of creation of the world, as it is five days before the first of Nisan. Tu
B'Shevat would thus be the first glimmer of love before the act of creation.
According to Jewish law, it is the day that new sap begins to stir and flow
within the fruit trees of the land of Israel. It is the first glimmer of the
new fruits that will blossom in Nisan. It is the first glimmer of the chesed that will nourish us in the
coming year.
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First
Triennial Cycle |
Second
Triennial Cycle |
Septennial
Torah Readings |
My
Observation of the ‘coincidences’ |
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Tishri
01 New
Year for years. |
Nisan 1 (adjusted for
clarity) New
Year for months. |
Rosh
HaShanah Genesis 21:1-34 Numbers 29:1-6 |
Physical
renewal on Nisan 1 is Juxtaposed with Spiritual renewal on Tishri 1. |
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02 |
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Rosh
HaShanah 2nd Day Genesis 22:1-24 Numbers 29:1-6 |
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03 |
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Fast of
Gedaliah Morning: Ex.
32:11-14, 34:1-10 |
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05 |
Nisan 2 |
(01) YGen.
1:1 – 2:3 |
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10 |
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Yom
HaKippurim Lev. 16:1-34 Numbers 29:7-11 |
Yom
HaKippurim is so close to Shabbat Hagadol that it can not be a coincidence.
Both originally took place of the 10th of the month. |
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12 |
Nisan 5 Nisan 10 - Shabbat Hagadol |
(02) Gen. 2:4 – 3:21 Adam
and Chava eat from The Tree. |
The
redemption of Shabbat HaGadol is coincidental with the seder which details
the first sin. |
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15 |
Shabbat
Passover Day 1 Ex. 12:21-51 Num. 28:16-25 |
Succoth
1st Day Lev. 22:26 - 23:44 Numbers 29:12-16 |
The
seven day spring festival lines up with the seven day fall festival. |
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16 |
Passover Day 2 Lev. 22:26-23:44 Num. 28:16-25 |
Succoth
2nd Day Lev. 22:26 - 23:44 Numbers 29:12-16 |
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17 |
Chol HaMoed Passover Ex. 13:1-16 Num. 28:19-25 |
Succoth
Day 3 Numbers 29:17-25 |
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18 |
Chol HaMoed
Passover Ex. 22:24-23.19 Num 28:19-25 |
Succoth
Day 4 Numbers 29:20-28 |
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19 |
Chol HaMoed
Passover Ex. 34:1-26 Num. 28:19-25 |
Shabbat
Succoth Exodus 33:12 - 34:26
Numbers 29:23-31 |
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20 |
Chol HaMoed
Passover Num. 9:1-14,
28:19-25 |
Succoth
Day 6 Numbers 29:26-34 |
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21 |
Passover
Day 7 Ex. 13:17-15:26 Num. 28:19-25 |
Succoth
Day 7 (Hoshanah
Rabbah) Numbers 29:26-34 |
The
seventh day of Pesach is when the Egyptians died at the Reed Sea. Hoshannah
Rabbah is when all the heavenly judgments are sealed. |
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22 |
Shabbat Passover
Day 8 Deut. 15:19-16:17 Num. 28:19-25 |
Shemini
Atzeret Deut. 14:22 - 16:17
Numbers 29:35 - 30:1
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23 |
Iyar 4 - Yom HaZikaron – Memorial Day Iyar 5 - Yom Ha'Atzmaut –
Israel Independence day |
Shemini Atzeret
2nd day + Simchat
Torah Deut.
33:1 - 34:12 Num
29:35 - 30:1 |
Israel
Independence day aligns with Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah is celebrated with
rejoicing in the Torah wherein is true freedom. In this seder Moshe sees the
whole of eretz Israel, the same land that was liberated by the Jews on Iyar
5, 5708. As we memorialize Moshe, so we memorialize the fallen Israeli
soldiers on the day before. |
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Tishri
26 |
Iyar 6 |
(03) Gen. 3:22 – 4:26 |
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Heshvan 03 |
Iyar 13 Iyar 15 - Pesach Sheni |
(04) Gen. 5:1 – 6:8 |
Pesach
Sheni is the second chance to celebrate Pesach for those contaminated by the
dead. The Torah portions concerns the death of Adam and his progeny who were
given a second chance. |
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10 |
Iyar
18 - Lag B’Omer Iyar 20 |
(05) Y Gen. 6:9 – 7:24 The
flood begins! |
Lag
B’Omer lines up with the beginning of the flood and is very close to the
reading of the end of the flood and the rainbow. (Chazal teach that the first full day of the
flood was on Lag B’Omer. The
eighteenth dayof the second month.) |
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17 Gen.
7:11 |
Iyar 27 Iyar 28 - Yom Yerushalayim |
(06) Y Gen. 8:1–14 (07) Gen. 8:15 –
9:17 The
end of the flood - rainbow |
Genesis
7:11 tells us that the flood began on the seventeenth of the second month.
Note the date of Heshvan 17. |
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24 |
Sivan 5 |
(08) Gen. 9:18 – 10:32 |
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Kislev
02 Yeshua
begins His work. |
Sivan 5 Shavuot
–language merging |
(09) Gen. 11:1-32 Babel
– language confusion |
The Tower of Babel is built on
Shavuot, language is confused. Genesis
11, Soncino Zohar, Bereshit, Section 1, Page 31b We are given Torah and we are given the living
Torah. |
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09 The flood… |
Sivan 12 Moshe on Mt. Sinai. |
(10) *Gen. 12:1–9 Abram leaves Ur. (11) Y Gen. 12:10 – 13:18 Sojourn in Egypt. |
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16 |
Sivan 19 |
(12) Gen. 14:1-24 |
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23 |
Sivan 26 |
(13) Gen. 15:1-21 (14) Gen. 16:1-16 |
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25 |
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Chanukah
Day 1 Num. 7:1-17 |
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26 |
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Hanukkah
Day 2 Num. 7:18-29 |
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27 |
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Hanukkah
Day 3 Num 7:24-35 |
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28 |
Tammuz 1 – Tekufah
of Tammuz (Summer Solstice) |
Hanukkah
Day 4 Num. 7:30-41 |
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29 |
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Hanukkah
Day 5 Num. 7:36-47 |
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30 |
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Shabbat
Hanukkah Day 6 Num. 7:48-59 Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh Numbers 27:15 –
28:26 |
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Tevet 01 |
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Hanukkah
Day 7 Num. 7:48-59 |
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02 |
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Hanukkah
Day 8 Num. 7:54 – 8:4 |
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07 |
Tammuz 3 |
(15) Gen. 17:1-27 |
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10 |
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Fast
of Tevet 10 Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-11 |
I
might have expected the fast of the tenth month to line up more closely with
the fast of the fourth month. These juxtaposed fasts also have the same Torah
reading. |
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14 |
Tammuz 10 |
(16) * YGen. 18:1-33 |
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21 |
Tammuz 17 Fast
of Tammuz Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-11 |
(17) Gen. 19:1-38 Sodom and Gemorrah |
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28 |
Tammuz 24 Shabbat
Dibre Yirmeyahu |
(18) Gen. 20:1-18 (19) Gen. 21:1-33 |
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Shevat
06 |
Ab 2 Shabbat
Hazon – Messianic spirit |
(20) Gen. 22:1 –
23:20 The
Akeida |
The
special ashlamata of Shabbat Hazon carries obvious messianic implications as
does the Akeida. |
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13 |
Ab 9 Tisha
B’Ab – Destruction of the Temple |
Shabbat
Shirah (21) Gen. 24:1-41 A wife
for Yitzchak |
The
destruction of the Temple (representing the bride of Mashiach) lines up with
the getting of a wife for Yitzchak – a messianic figure. |
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15 |
Tu
B’Ab Last
day for cutting firewood for the altar. |
Tu B’Shevat New
year for trees. |
Here is
a nice one. The beginnings of love (and a baby) on Tu B’Ab lines up with the
new year for trees. Man is likened to a tree. Tu B'Shevat is mystically
parallel to Tu B'Av, the fifteenth day of the Summer month of Av. Tu B'Av is
forty days before the twenty-fifth of Elul, the date of the beginning of the
creation of the world (which is five days prior to Rosh HaShanah). The
Talmud, at the end of tractate Taanit, suggests that Tu B’Av represents the
'subconscious' glimmer of love that led to the act of creation. The Baalei
HaTosefot, in tractate Rosh HaShanah 27b, say that on Rosh HaShanah, the
'thought' of creating humanity entered the Creator's consciousness. The
actual Creation of humanity took place six months later, on the first of the
month of Nisan. Tu B’Shevat is forty days before the twenty-fifth of Adar. According to the Baalei HaTosefot, the twenty-fifth of Adar would be the first day of creation of the world, as it is five days before the first of Nisan. Tu B'Shevat would thus be the first glimmer of love before the act of creation. According to Jewish law, it is the day that new sap begins to stir and flow within the fruit trees of the land of Israel. It is the first glimmer of the new fruits that will blossom in Nisan. It is the first glimmer of the chesed that will nourish us in the coming year. |
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20 |
Ab 16 Shabbat
Nachamu 1 |
(22) Gen. 24:42-67 (23) 25:1-18 |
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27 |
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Shabbat
Shekalim Exodus 30:1-38 |
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Adar
04 |
Ab 23 Shabbat
Nachamu 2 |
(24) *Y Gen 25:19 – 26:11 |
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11 |
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Shabbat
Zakhor Deut. 24:19 – 25:19 |
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13 |
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Fast of
Esther Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 |
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14 |
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Purim Ex. 17:8-16 |
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15 |
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Shushan
Purim |
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18 |
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Shabbat
Parah Numbers 19:1 – 20:13 |
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25 |
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Shabbat HaChodesh Exodus 11:1 – 12:28 Tekufah
of Nisan (Vernal equinox) |
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Nisan 01 New
year for months. |
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The
new year for counting months and for Jewish Kings nearly lines up with the
new year for tithing cattle. |
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Nisan
03 |
Ab 23 Shabbat
Nachamu 2 Shabbat
Nachamu 3 |
(25) Gen 26:12-35 Rosh
Chodesh |
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10 |
Elul 1 – New year for cattle. Elul 7 Shabbat
Nachamu 4 |
Shabbat
Hagadol (26) Gen. 27:1-27 |
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15 |
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Passover
Day 1 Ex. 12:21-51 Num. 28:16-25 |
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16 |
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Passover
Day 2 Lev. 22:26-23:44 Num. 28:16-25 |
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17 |
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Shabbat
Pesach Ex. 33:12-34:26 Num. 28:19-25 |
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18 |
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Chol HaMoed
Passover Ex. 13:1-16 Num. 28:19-25 |
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19 |
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Chol HaMoed
Passover III Ex. 22:24-23.19 Num 28:19-25 |
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20 |
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Chol HaMoed
Passover IV Num. 9:1-14,
28:19-25 |
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21 |
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Passover
Day 7 Ex. 13:17-15:26 Num. 28:19-25 |
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22 |
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Passover
Day 8 Deut. 15:19-16:17 Num. 28:19-25 |
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24 |
Elul 7 Shabbat
Nachamu 4 |
(27) Gen. 27:28 –
28:9 |
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27 |
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Yom
Hashoah |
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Iyar
01 |
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Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh Numbers 27:15 –
28:26 |
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04 |
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Yom HaZikaron |
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05 |
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Yom
Ha'Atzmaut Deut. 7:12-8:18 |
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08 |
Elul 14 Shabbat
Nachamu 5 |
Shabbat
Vayhi BaShanah (28) *YGen. 28:10 – 29:30 |
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15 |
Elul 21 Shabbat
Nachamu 6 |
Pesach
Sheni (29)
Gen. 29:31 – 30:21 |
Shimon
ben Yaaqov is born. This lines up with the festival (Lag B’Omer) that centers
around Shimon ben Yochai. |
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18 |
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Lag
B’Omer |
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Iyar
22 |
Elul 28 Shabbat
Nachamu 7 |
(30) Gen. 30:22 –
31:2 Rachel conceives Joseph. (Rosh
HaShanah 10b) Yevamot 64.
Joseph’s birth is recorded in Gen. 30:24. |
Sarah,
Rachel, and Channa were remembered on Rosh HaShana. Rosh HaShana 11a. This
aligns nicely with our Torah seder and Rosh HaShanah. |
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28 |
Rosh
HaShanah Shabbat: Gen.21:1-34 Tishri 1 – New year for counting years. |
Yom
Yerushalayim |
The
day that Jerusalem is reclaimed by Jews, lines up with the day The King is
crowned. |
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29 |
Tishri 6 |
(31) Gen. 31:3 – 32:3 |
This Torah portion contains
significant hints to shavuot: With the use of the words “ten
times” (ten portions/parts) in our parsha concerning Jacobs wages, this would
serve as a reminder that there were “Ten Words” given at Sinai. Jacob and his family are on
their way to Israel when they meet Laban at a mountain called Gilod. The
Hebrews were on their way to Israel when they reached the mountain of Sinai. Jacob was able to flee for three days before Laban found out that he had fled. The Hebrews had to wait three days to become clean before receiving the Torah. |
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Sivan
06 |
Yom
HaKippurim Tishri
10 Morning Lev.
16:1-34, Num. 29:7-11 Afternoon Lev.
8:1-30 |
Shavuot
Day 1 Ex. 19:1-20:23 Num. 28:26-31 |
Shavuot
is when Moshe ascended Sinai to get the two tablets. Yom Kippur is when Moshe
descended Sinai with the second set of tablets. |
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07 |
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Shavuot
Day 2 Shabbat Deut. 14:22-16:17 Num. 28:26-31 |
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14 |
Tishri 13 Succoth |
(32) *YGen. 32:4 – 33:17 The
confrontation between Yaaqov and Esav. |
The confrontation between
Jacob and Esau occurred at the hour of Ne’ilah, of Yom Kippur. Zohar Vayikra, Parshat Emor. Yaaqov was
traveling to Succoth. Notice that Yom Kippur is adjacent to this reading and
directly between two Shabbat readings. |
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21 |
Tishri 27 |
(33) Gen. 33:18 –
35:8 |
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28 |
Heshvan 4 |
(34) Gen. 35:9 –
36:43 |
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29 |
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Tekufah
of Tammuz (Summer Solstice) |
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Tammuz 05 |
Heshvan 11 |
(35) *YGen. 37:1-36 |
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12 |
Heshvan 18 |
(36) Gen. 38:1-30 |
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17 |
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Fast of
Tammuz 17 Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 |
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19 |
Heshvan 25 |
Shabbat
Dibre Yirmeyahu (37) Gen. 39:1–23 (38) Gen. 40:1-23 |
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26 |
Kislev 03 |
Shabbat
Shim’u (39) *YGen. 41:1-37 |
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Ab
04 |
Kislev 10 |
Shabbat
Hazon (40) Gen. 41:38–57 (41) Gen. 42:1–17 |
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09 |
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Fast of
Tisha B'Ab Morning Deut.
4:25-40 Afternoon Ex.
32:11-14, Ex. 34:1-10 |
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11 |
Kislev 17 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 1 (42) Gen.
42:18 – 43:13 Isaiah 40:1 - 40:26 |
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15 |
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Tu B’Ab |
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18 |
Kislev 24 Kislev 25 - Chanukah |
Shabbat
Nachamu 2 (43) Gen. 43:14 –
44:17 Isaiah 12:3 – 13:4 + 14:1-2 |
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25 |
Tevet 9 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 3 (44) *YGen. 44:18 – 46:27 Yaaqov
+ family go into Egyptian exile. Isaiah 65:23 – 66:2 + 9-13 |
This
seder speaks of the first exile when Yaaqov and his family of seventy descend
into Egypt. This lines up with the Fast of the tenth month which began the
Babylonian exile. |
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Fast
of Tevet 10 Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-11 |
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Elul 1 – New year for cattle. Elul
02 |
Tevet 16 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 4 (45) Gen. 46:28 –
47:31 Isaiah 46:4-13 + 47:4 |
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09 |
Tevet 23 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 5 (46) Gen. 48:1-22 Micah 5:6-14 + 6:8 |
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16 |
Tevet 23 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 6 (47) Gen. 49:1-26 Hosea 12:13 – 13:5 + 14:9-10 |
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23 |
Shevat 9 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 7 (48) Gen. 49:27 –
50:26 |
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Tishri
01 New
year for years. |
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Rosh
Hashanah Day 1 Gen. 21:1-34, Num.
29:1-6 |
The
new year for years and the new year for trees line up, to the nearest
Shabbat, with the transition between Genesis and Exodus. |
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02 |
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Rosh
Hashanah Day 2 Gen. 21:1-24, Num.
29:1-6 |
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03 |
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Fast of Gedaliah Ex. 32:11-14, 34:1-10 |
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05 |
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Tekufah
of Tishri (Autumnal equinox) |
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08 |
Tu B’Shevat
– New year for trees. Shevat 15 |
Shabbat
Shuvah (49) *Ex 1:1-22 (50) Ex 2:1-25 Israelites
become numerous in Egypt. |
The new
year for trees lines up with the Torah seder where the men are likened to
trees. |
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10 |
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Yom
HaKippurim Morning Lev.
16:1-34, Num. 29:7-11 Afternoon Lev.
8:1-30 |
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15 |
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Shabbat
Succoth Day 1 Lev. 22:26-23:44 Num. 29:12-16 |
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16 |
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Succoth
Day 2 Ex. 33:12-34:26 Num. 29:17-19 |
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17 |
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Succoth
Day 3 Num. 29:20-22 |
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18 |
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Succoth
Day 4 Num. 29:20-28 |
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19 |
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Succoth
Day 5 Num. 29:23-31 |
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20 |
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Succoth
Day 6 Num. 29:26-34 |
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21 |
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Hoshanah
Rabbah Num. 29:26-34 |
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22 |
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Shabbat
Shemini Atzeret Deut. 14:22-16:17 Num. 29:35-30:1 |
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23 |
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Shemini Atzeret
2nd day Deut. 33:1 - 34:12 Num 29:35 - 30:1 |
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29 |
Shevat 22 |
(51) Ex 3:1 – 4:17 The
burning bush |
HaShem
hears the cry of His people and sends Moshe to deliver them. This Torah seder
immediately follows Yom Kippur and Hoshana Rabbah which are times of
judgment. |
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Shevat 29 - Shabbat
Shekalim |
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Shabbat Shekalim
is where all Jews stand together, a part of the whole. |
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Heshvan
6 |
Adar 6 Adar 11 - Fast of Esther |
(52) Ex 4:18 – 6:1 |
Moshe
gathers the elder to deliver news of redemption. This lines up with Esther’s
fast where all the people gathered to fast with her for the Purim redemption. |
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Adar 13 – Shabbat Zachor |
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Adar 14 – Purim Adar 15 – Shushan Purim Adar 20 – Shabbat Parah Adar 27 – Shabbat HaChodesh |
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13 |
Nisan 5 |
(53) *Ex 6:2 – 7:7 |
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20 |
Nisan 12 Nisan 15 - Pesach |
(54) Ex 7:8 - 8:15 The
plagues begin. |
Pesach
is the culmination of the plagues. |
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27 |
Nisan 26 |
(55) Ex 8:16 – 9:35 |
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Kislev
04 |
Iyar 3 Iyar 5 - Yom
Hazikaron – Memorial Day Iyar 6 - Yom
Ha'Atzmaut – Israel Independence day Iyar 10 - Shabbat
Vayhi BaShanah |
(56) Ex 10:1-29 (57) Ex 11:1 – 12:28 |
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11 |
Iyar 17 Iyar 18 - Lag B’Omer Iyar 24 Iyar 28 - Yom
Yerushalayim Jerusalem is independent |
(58) Ex 12:29-51 Israelites
become independent of Egypt (59) Ex 13:1 – 14:14 Pillar
of fire and cloud. |
Israeli
independence day and Jerusalem independence line up with the independence
from Egypt. Lag
B’Omer’s bonfires are lined up with the giving of the pillar of fire. The people
congregate at the Yam Suf which pictures a grave at the same time folks are
celebrating at the grave of Shimor Bar Yochai on Lab B’Omer. |
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18 |
Sivan 2 |
(60) Ex 14:15 – 16:3 HaShem
fights the Egyptians. |
The
seder where HaShem fights for His people at the Yam Suf lines up with
Chanukah where HaShem fought for His people against Antiochus. It is
noteworthy that the two places where HaShem was most manifest to the world –
at the Yam Suf and at Sinai, both line up together. |
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25 |
Shavuot |
Shabbat Hanukkah Day 1 Num. 7:1-15 |
Torah = Light. The Torah given on Shavuot lines up
with the Feast of Lights. |
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26 |
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Hanukkah
Day 2 Num. 7:18-29 |
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27 |
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Hanukkah
Day 3 Num. 7:24-35 |
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28 |
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Hanukkah
Day 4 Num. 7:30-41 |
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29 |
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Hanukkah
Day 5 Num. 7:36-47 |
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30 |
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Hanukkah
Day 6 Num. 7:42-47 Rosh
Hodesh Num. 28.1-15 |
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Tevet
01 |
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Hanukkah
Day 7 Num. 7:48-53 |
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Shabbat
Vayishlach HaMelekh Shabbat
Hanukkah Day 8 Num. 7:48-8:4 |
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Tekufah
of Tevet (Winter Solstice) |
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Sivan 9 Sivan 16 |
(61) Ex 16:4-27 Manna (62) Ex
16:28 – 17:16 Amalek
attacks Israel. Ashlamatah: Isaiah
58:2-11 |
The Torah seder of the bread from Heaven is
juxtaposed with Shavuot where the Torah, which is likened to bread, is given
from heaven. The
Ashlamatah of Isaiah 58:2-11 speaks of the fasts of the 4th, 5th,
7th, and 10th months is read immediately before the
fast of the 4th and the 10th months, which are the only
two fasts which we announce in the Esnoga. |
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Fast
of Tevet 10 Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 |
The
seder which speaks of the attack of Amalek is adjacent to the Fast of Tevet
10 where Esau attacks Jerusalem. The
fast of the fourth months is only 3 weeks away from the Fast of the tenth
month. |
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Sivan 23 |
(63) Ex *18:1 – 19:5 |
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23 |
Tammuz 7 |
(64) Ex 19:6 – 20:26 |
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Shevat
01 New year
for trees according to Shammai. |
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Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh Numbers 27:15 –
28:26 |
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08 |
Tammuz 14 Tammuz 17 - Fast
of Tammuz Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-11 |
(65) Ex 21:1 – 22:23 Mitzvot regarding slaves |
The
seder which gives the mitzvot regarding slaves is juxtaposed with the fast of
the fourth month where Israel becomes slaves to the Babylonians and later to
the Romans. |
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15 New Year
for trees. |
Tammuz 21 - Shabbat
Dibre Yirmeyahu Tammuz 28 - Shabbat Shim’u |
Tu B’Shevat
(66) Ex 22:24 –
23:19 (67) Ex. 23:20 –
24:18 |
Tu B’Shevat
is close to Tu B’Av which has a very close connection (see RAINS). |
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Ab 6 - Shabbat Hazon |
(68) Ex 25:1-40 |
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29 |
Tisha
B’Ab |
Shabbat
Shekalim Exodus 30:1-38 |
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Adar
06 |
Ab 13 - Shabbat Nachamu 1 |
(69) Ex Ex 26:1-30 |
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11 |
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Fast of
Esther Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 |
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13 |
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Shabbat
Zakhor Deut. 24:19 – 25:19 |
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14 |
Tu
B’Av |
Purim Ex. 17:8-16 |
Tu
B’Av is about the unity of husband and wife which is a remez for the unity
between HaShem and Israel. Purim is the feast of unity. |
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Shushan
Purim |
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20 |
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Shabbat
Parah Numbers 19:1 – 20:13 |
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27 |
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Shabbat HaChodesh Exodus 11:1 – 12:28 |
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Nisan 1 – New Year for months. |
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Nisan
05 |
Ab 20 - Shabbat Nachamu 2 |
(70) Ex 26:31 –
27:19 |
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06 |
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Tekufah
of Nisan (Vernal equinox) |
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12 |
Ab 27 - Shabbat Nachamu 3 |
Shabbat
HaGadol (71) *Ex 27:20 –
28:43 |
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15 |
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Passover
Day 1 Ex. 12:21-51 Num. 28:16-25 |
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16 |
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Passover
Day II Lev. 22:26-23:44 Num. 28:16-25 |
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17 |
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Chol HaMoed
Passover Ex. 13:1-16 Num. 28:19-25 |
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18 |
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Chol HaMoed
Passover Ex. 22:24-23:19 Num 28:19-25 |
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19 |
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Shabbat Chol
HaMoed Passover Ex. 33:12-34:26 Num. 28:19-25 |
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Chol HaMoed
Passover Num. 9:1-14,
28:19-25 |
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21 |
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Passover
Day 7 Ex. 13:17-15:26 Num. 28:19-25 |
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Passover
Day 8 Deut. 15:19-16:17 Num. 28:19-25 |
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Elul 1 – New Year for cattle Elul 4 - Shabbat Nachamu 4 |
(72) Ex 29:1-46 |
The
new year for months, Nisan 1, and the new year for cattle are only separated
by about two weeks. |
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Yom
Hashoah |
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Iyar
03 |
Elul 11 - Shabbat Nachamu 5 |
(73) Ex 30:1-38 |
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05 |
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Yom HaZikaron |
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Yom
Ha'Atzmaut Deut. 7:12-8:18 |
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Elul 18 - Shabbat Nachamu 6 |
Shabbat
Vayhi BaShanah (74) Ex
31:1 – 32:14 |
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14 |
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Pesach
Sheni |
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17 |
Elul 25 - Shabbat Nachamu 7 |
(75) Ex 32:15 –
33:23 |
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18 |
Tishri
1 – Rosh
HaShanah New Year
for years. |
Lag
B’Omer |
Mashiach
went to prepare a place on Lag B’Omer. He returns as King on Rosh HaShanah. |
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Tishri 3 - Fast of Gedaliah Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-11 |
(76)
Ex 34:1-26 |
The
fast of Gedaliah is when Israel lost independence and Yom Yerushalyim is when
Jerusalem became independent. Note also that the weekly Torah reading is the
same as for the fast. |
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Yom
HaKippurim Morning Lev.
16:1-34, Num. 29:7-11 Afternoon Lev.
8:1-30 |
Yom
Yerushalayim |
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Shemini
Atzeret (Atzeret
of Succoth) |
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Sivan
02 |
Tishri 24 |
(77) Ex 34:27 –
35:29 |
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Shavuot
Day 1 (Atzeret of Pesach) Ex. 19:1-20:23 Num. 28:26-31 |
The
atzeret of Pesach nearly lines up with the atzeret of Succoth. |
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Shavuot
Day 2 Deut. 15:19-16:17 Num. 28:26-31 |
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09 |
Heshvan 8 |
(78) Ex 35:30 –
36:38 |
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Heshvan 15 |
(79) Ex 37:1 – 38:20 |
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Heshvan 22 |
(80) *Ex 38:21 –
39:32 |
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30 |
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Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh Numbers 27:15 –
28:26 |
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Tammuz 07 |
Heshvan 29 |
(81) Ex 39:33 –
40:38 |
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09 |
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Tekufah
of Tammuz (Summer Solstice) |
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Kislev 6 |
(82a) Lev. 1:1 – 2:16 |
Notice
that we turn from Exodus to Leviticus at the turn of the year, the Tekufah of
Tammuz – the summer solstice. |
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Fast of
Tammuz 17 Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 |
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Kislev 6 |
Shabbat
Dibre Yirmeyahu (82b) *Lev. 3:1 –
3:17 |
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28 |
Kislev 13 |
Shabbat
Shim’u (83) Lev. 4:1-35 |
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Ab
06 |
Kislev 20 |
Shabbat
Hazon (84) Lev. 5:1-13 (85) Lev. 5:14 -
6:11 |
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Chanukah |
Fast
of Tisha B'Av Morning Deut.
4:25-40 Afternoon Ex.
32:11-14, 34:1-10 |
Jacob is confronted by Esau,
on his return to Canaan, on Tisha B’Ab. Genesis 33:1ff. Rashal
Bereshit Vayish quoted in Seder HaDorot. Chanukah was the victory over the
confrontation with the descendents of Esau. |
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Tevet 4 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 1 (86) Lev. 6:12 –
7:38 |
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Tu
B’Ab |
Tu
B’Ab is a wedding day where couples fast. Tevet 10 is the fast of the fourth
month. |
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Fast
of Tevet 10 Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-11 Tevet 11 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 2 (87) Lev. 8:1 – 10:7
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Tevet 18 Tevet 25 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 3 (88) Lev. 10:8-20 (89) Lev. 11:1-47 |
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Elul 1 – New Year for cattle. |
Shevat 1 – New year for trees according to Shammai. |
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The
new year for cattle lines up with the new year for trees. |
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Elul
04 |
Shevat 3 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 4 (90) *Lev. 12:1 –
13:28 |
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Shevat 10 Shevat 15 - Tu B’Shevat New
Year for trees according to Hillel. |
Shabbat
Nachamu 5 (91) Lev. 13:29-59 |
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Shevat 17 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 6 (92) *Lev. 14:1-32 |
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Shevat 24 |
Shabbat
Nachamu 7 (93) Lev. 14:33-57 |
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Rosh
Hodesh Numbers 27:15 –
28:26 |
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Tishri
01 |
Shabbat
Rosh Hodesh Numbers 27:15 –
28:26 |
Rosh
Hashanah Day 1 Gen. 21:1-34, Num.
29:1-6 |
The
festival Shabbat of Rosh HaShanah (Rosh Chodesh Tishrei) lines up with
Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Adar. |
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Rosh
Hashanah Day 2 Gen. 22:1-24, Num.
29:1-6 |
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Adar 8 |
Shabbat
Shuvah (94) Lev. 15:1-24 |
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Fast of
Gedaliah Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 |
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Purim
katan II |
Yom Kippur Morning Lev.
16:1-34, Num. 29:7-11 Afternoon Lev.
8:1-30 |
Purim
katan II is like a small Yom Kippur. |
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Succoth
Day 1 Lev. 22:26-23:44 Num. 29:12-16 |
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Succoth
Day 2 Lev.. 22:26-23.44 Num. 29:12-16 Tekufah
of Tishri (Autumnal equinox) |
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Shabbat Succoth
Day 3 Ex. 33:12-34:26 Num. 29:17-25 |
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Succoth
Day 4 Num. 29:20-28 |
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Succoth
Day 5 Num. 29:23-31 |
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Succoth
Day 6 Num. 29:26-34 |
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Hoshanah
Rabbah Num. 29:26-34. |
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Shemini
Atzeret Deut. 14:22-16:17 Num. 29:35-30:1 |
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23 Oct. 1, 2010 |
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Shemini
Atzeret 2nd Day Deut. 33:1-34:12 Gen. 1:1-2.3, Num.
29:35-30.1 |
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24 Oct. 3, 2010 |
Adar 15 – Shushan
Purim |
(95) Lev. 15:25 –
16:34 Aharon can only come into the Holy of
Holies on Yom Kippur. |
Yom
Ha-Ki-Purim = A day like Purim. Lev. 16:1-34 is read on Yom Kippur. |
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Heshvan
1 |
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Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh Numbers
27:15 – 28:26 |
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Adar 22 Adar 29 - Shabbat Shekalim |
(96) Lev. 17:1-16 |
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II Adar 6 Nisan 1 – Rosh Chosdesh |
(97) Lev. 18:1-30 |
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Nisan 5 |
(98) *Lev. 19:1-22: |
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Nisan 12 - Shabbat HaGadol |
(99) Lev. 19:23 –
20:27 |
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Pesach |
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Kislev
06 |
Nisan 26 |
(100) *Lev. 21:1 –
22:16 |
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Iyar 10 |
(101) Lev. 22:17 –
23:8 (102) Lev. 23:9–14 |
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Iyar 17 Iyar 18 - Lag B’Omer |
(103) Lev. 23:15-44 Command
to count the Omer. We count seven times seven. |
The
turning point of the Omer count (Lag B’Omer) lines up with the Torah reading
/ command to count the Omer. Lev.
24 contains a hint to Lag B’Omer (a part of Purim) which is the very next
Torah portion. This is why the showbread was divided into two sets of six.
We may further note that there are exactly
sixty-four days between Purim and Lag Ba'omer. Sixty-four days is equivalent
to eight multiplied by eight. The Mechaber (Orach
Chaim 428) notes that Lag
Ba’omer always falls out on the same weekday as Purim. |
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Hanukkah
Day 1 Num. 7:1-17 |
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Hanukkah
Day 2 Num. 7:18-23 |
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Shabbat
Chanukah Numbers 7:1-59 |
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Hanukkah
Day 4 Num. 7:30-41 |
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Hanukkah
Day 5 Num. 7:36-47 |
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Hanukkah
Day 6 Num. 7:42-47. Rosh Hodesh Num.
28:1-15 |
Chanukah
is when the Jerusalem Temple was freed from the Syrian Greeks, and Yom
Yerushalyim is when Jerusalem was liberated from the Jordanians. These two
nearly line up |
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Tevet
01 |
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Hanukkah
Day 7 Num. 7:48-53. Rosh
Hodesh Num. 28:1-15. |
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Hanukkah
Day 8 Num. 7:54-8:4: |
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Iyar 24 Iyar 28 - Yom Yerushalayim Sivan 2 |
(104) Lev. 24:1 –
25:13 Aharon
commanded to light the menorah. (105) Lev. 25:14-34 |
This
is quite interesting! Chazal teach that Chanukah is hinted in Lev. 24, and we
see this passage immediately after Chanukah. |
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Sivan 6 – Shavuot Ten
words are spoken. |
Fast
of Tevet 10 Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 Command
to hew 2nd set of tablets containing ten words. |
Shavuot
is when the ten words were given. On the fast of the tenth month we read
about the giving of the 2nd set of tablets. |
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Sivan 9 |
(106) Lev. 25:35 –
26:2 |
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Tekufah
of Tevet (Winter Solstice) |
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Sivan 16 |
(107a) *Lev. 26:3 –
26:26 |
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Sivan 16 |
(107b) Lev. 26:27 –
27:1 |
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Shevat
03 |
Sivan 23 |
(108) Lev. 27:2-34 |
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Tammuz 7 |
Shabbat
Shirah (109) Num. 1:1-54 A census is taken. |
Here
we see the transition from Leviticus to Numbers happening at the same time as
the New Year for Trees. In the
annual cycle, Bamidbar is read just before Shavuot. |
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Tu B’Shevat |
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Tammuz 14 Tammuz 17 – Fast
of Tammuz Ex. 32:11-14,
34:1-10 |
(110) Num. 2:1-34 Camping order. |
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Tammuz 21 |
(111) Num. 3:1 –
4:16 |
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Adar
01 |
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Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh Numbers 27:15 –
28:26 |
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Tammuz 28 |
(112) Num. 4:17 –
5:10 |
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