by Chaim Barzel | f 21, 2023 | Shavuot (Pentecost)
What do the Hebrew Bible and cheesecake have in common? If you guessed the Hebrew month of Sivan, then you’re correct! Sivan (סִיוָן) is the current name of the third month of the Hebrew calendar, adopted during the Babylonian exile. The name first appears in the Book...
by Chaim Barzel | f 17, 2023 | Iyar, Kings
“On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the Exodus from the land of Egypt, Hashem spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting…” (Numbers 1:1) The second month on the Hebrew calendar is known today as Iyar (אִייָר), the...
by Chaim Barzel | f 19, 2022 | Chanukah, Faith, Redemption, Temple, Tenth of Tevet, Tevet
The Month of Tevet The Hebrew month of Tevet is the tenth month of the Hebrew year. The name Tevet (טֵבֵת) is the Babylonian name of the month, which the Jews began to use during the Babylonian exile. Tevet, which generally overlaps with the Gregorian solar months of...
by Chaim Barzel | f 12, 2022 | Faith, Sukkot, Tishrei
By Chaim Barzel The Biblical commandment to build and sit in a sukkah (temporary dwelling) during the festival of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) is very beloved by the People of Israel. I recently read a story about a Jewish family in Berlin in 1938 who risked their...
