ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Tuesday, 1 Tammuz, 5783 June 20, 2023
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Tuesday, 1 Tammuz, 5783 June 20, 2023 Rosh Chodesh Tammuz Torah Reading Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 28:1-3; Numbers 28:3-15 Jewish History Birth and Passing of Joseph (1562 and 1452 BCE) Joseph, the son of the patriarch Jacob , was born in Charan (Mesopotamia) on the 1st of Tammuz of the year 2199 from creation (1562 BCE), the first child of Jacob's most beloved wife, Rachel , born after 7 childless years of marriage. He passed away on the same date 110 years later, in Egypt. When Joseph was six years old, Jacob and his family returned to the Holy Land, eventually settling in Hebron . Though younger than 10 of his 11 brothers, he was his father's favorite, and a great rivalry existed between him and his brothers, whose animosity toward him increased when he related two dreams he had forecasting that he is destined to rule over them. When Joseph was 17, he was sold into slavery by his brothers and taken to Egypt; when he refused the advances of his mas