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Begin your Kabbalistic journey through the 12 Jewish months!

Each month on this website presents the laws of the Festivals, their inner meaning in connection with Month/Tribe, and Kabbalistic meaning. 

We will see how this festival looked at the time of the Temple, our personal involvement in the festivals, and discover the Kabbalistic perspective based on original ancient sources. 

You will be seeing a growing number of "months" below with MP3 downloads and CD recordings. They are recorded classes given by Atarah Gur and can be purchased in full. Simply send us an email of your special request to sarahleah5764@gmail.com.

 

The Jewish Months

Tishrei:

• [Cheshvan 7]Rosh HaShanah – New Year [Tishrei 1 & 2]
• Yom Kippur [Tishrei 10] – Fast day and Date of acceptance of the Second Tablets brought down by Moses in the desert Succot [Tishrei 15-21st]
• Simchat Torah [Tishrei 22] – Start reading the Torah from the beginning of Genesis
  

Cheshvan:

• Prayer for Rain [Cheshvan 7]
• Death date of the Matriarch Rachel [Cheshvan 11]
• 3rd Temple will be built in the future in this month

Kislev:

• Chanukah - [Kislev 25 thru Tevet 3]
• The commencement of work in the Temple during the time of the Maccabbes after overcoming the Greeks [135 B.C.E.] 

Tevet:

Three Days of Darkness [Tevet 8-10th]

• On 8th of Tevet the Torah was translated into Greek (the Septuagint). 
• On 9th of Tevet, Ezra the Prophet passed away. 
• Fast Day [Tevet 10] - The Start of the Siege on Jerusalem

Shevat:

• New Year for Trees [Tu B'Shevat, Shevat 10]

Adar:

• Birth and Death date of Moses [Adar 7]
• Purim of Regular cities & Purim of Walled cities [Adar 14 & 15]
• Seven Days of Consecration of the Tabernacle in the second year in the desert [Adar 23-1st of Nissan]

Nissan:

• New Year for Kings [Nissan 1]
• Miriam's Death Date [Nissan 10]
• Pesach Sedder Night [Nissan 14],
• Passover [Nissan 15-21st],
• Crossing of the Red Sea [Nissan 21]
• Omer Count - 49 days [16 of Nissan – 6 of Sivan]

Iyar:

• Pesach Sheni – Second Pesach for those who were impure on the  dates of the first Pesach [Iyar 14]
• Death Date of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai – the author of the Zohar [Lag b'Omer, Eyar 18]

Sivan:

• Shavuot - The acceptance of Torah on Mt. Sinai [Sivan 7]
• Massacre of 1648-1649, Fast Day in Memory [Sivan 20th] not practiced today. 

Tammuz:

• Birth and Death Date of Joseph [Tammuz 1]
• The Walls of Jerusalem Fell, Fast Day [Tammuz 17]
• Breaking of Tablets

Av:

• Death date of Aaron the Cohen [Av 1]
• Death date of Arizal who explained the Zohar [Av 5]
• Destruction of First & Second Temple,
• Banishment from England, France and Spain, First World War  [Av 9]
• Tribal Intermarriage and cessation of the death of the generation of the desert after 40 year [Av 15] 

Elul:

• Moses Ascends the Second Time to Mt Sinai to Receive 2nd Tablets [Elul 1]
• Death date of Ba'al Shem Tov [Elul 18]

 

Three Main Festivals

• Pesach – Passover 
• Shavuot – Acceptance of Torah (the Decalogue)
• Succot – Festival of Tabernacles

Other Festivals Through the Generations 

• Chanukah
• Purim
• Fast Days
  • 3rd of Tishrei – The Fast of Gedaliah  
  • 10th of Tishrei - Yom Kippur 
  • 10th of Tevet – the start of the siege on Jerusalem 
  • Fast of Esther – a Day before Purim  
  • 9th of Av – Destruction of the Temple
• Days of Mourning 
  • Three Weeks (17 of Tammuz - 9 of Av)
  • Nine Days (1 – 9 of Av) Week of 9th of Av 
      

Copyright Malla Carl Artist: This drawing depicts the 3 major Jewish holidays