Sivan, Biblical Calendar, Hebrew, Rabbi Jason Sobel

TAMMUZ:

Month 4 | Tammuz: See the good in all things—guard your eyes.

Focus: Seeing the good/blessing in all things—guarding your eyes

Letter: Chet (ח)

Tribe: Reuben

Sense: Sight

On the 3rd day of this month, the Lord miraculously stopped the sun in its tracks (allowing for sustained vision), allowing Joshua and his armies to deal a decisive blow to their enemies.

The sages declared Tammuz 17 a day of fasting and mourning for the terrible events associated with this day:

1. Moses broke the tablets when he saw the Jewish people worshipping the Golden Calf.
2. During the siege of Jerusalem, the Babylonians forced the Jews to cease offering daily sacrifices due to the lack of sheep.
3. Apostomos (possibly a Roman soldier or philosopher) burned the holy Torah.
4. An idol was placed in the Holy Temple.
5. The Romans breached the walls of Jerusalem in A.D. 69 after a lengthy siege.

The 17th of Tammuz starts a period of minor mourning known as the “three weeks,” concluding on the 9th of Av. This time is considered spiritually hazardous, as most of the major calamities that afflicted Israel happened during this period.

Major Jewish and Biblical Events in History in Tammuz:

03 Tammuz: Joshua Stops the Sun (1273 BC)

09 Tammuz: Jerusalem walls breached by Nebuchadnezzar II (423 BC)

17 Tammuz:

- Golden Calf Offered / Moses Broke Tablets (1313 BC)
- Jerusalem Walls Breached (AD 69) – Roman conquest of Jerusalem and their destruction of the Second Temple
- The walls of the besieged city of Jerusalem were breached
- Roman general Apostomus burned the Torah
- Placed an idol in the Holy Temple

18 Tammuz: Golden Calf Destroyed

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