TISHREI:
Month 7 | Tishrei: “Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 (TLV)
Month 7 | Tishrei: “Behold, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 (TLV)
Focus: Forgiveness & Redemption
Letter: Lamed (ל)
Tribe: Ephraim
Sense: Touch (Contact, Marriage)
“All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the Feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month” (1 Kings 8:2).
This month has three names:
God renews His creation at Tishrei. The Jewish sages write, “All sevenths are beloved above… and among months, the seventh—>Tishrei—is most precious” (Yalkut Shimoni, Parashat Yitro 276). This month includes more commandments and holy days than any other month. It is the month that the Jewish Sages teach that God renews creation (Babylonian Talmud Rosh Hashannah 11a). This month’s festivals all focus on the person praying, waiting, and relying upon the Lord. Consequently, this month’s other name (Ethanim >meaning “strong”) makes perfect sense, as “they who wait for Adonai will renew their strength” (Isaiah 40:31.
01 Tishrei:
08 Tishrei: Dedication of Solomon’s Temple
10 Tishrei:
14 Tishrei: Sukkot begins
21 Tishrei: Prophecy of Haggai Encouraging the Building of the Second Temple
22 Tishrei: Nation returns home after Temple Dedication (1 Kgs 8:66)
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There are many joyous dates on the Jewish calendar, but besides Purim, none affect an entire month, causing it to be auspicious and joyous. Purim is the celebration of Israel’s rescue from the Persian leader Haman’s genocidal plot (as recorded in the Book of Esther). The Rabbis teach that Purim is like Yom Kippur (the “Day of Atonement”). While on Yom Kippur we achieve holiness through the mortification of the flesh and long hours of prayer, we realize that same level of holiness on Purim through feasting, celebration, and joy.
According to Tradition, the first of Shevat is when Moses began giving his final address to Israel. “Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Torah saying, ‘Adonai our God spoke to us at Horeb saying: ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain’” (Deuteronomy 1:5-6). For the entire month of Shevat, he would sit in the meeting tent and elucidate the Torah.
2 Kings 25 tells us Nebuchadnezzar began Babylon’s siege of Jerusalem on the 10th day of Tevet (a fast day known as Asarah B’Tevet). Ironically, the Jewish people adopted the name “Tevet” during the Babylonian exile. It is believed to connote “sinking” or “immersing.”