Har HaBait Jewish Sovereign for all Israel

 ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Sunday, June 4, 2023 15 Sivan, 5783 Jewish History Birth and Passing of Judah (1565 and 1446 BCE) Judah, the fourth son of  Jacob  and  Leah , was born in Charan on the 15th of Sivan, of the year 2196 from creation (1565 BCE). He passed away on the same date 119 years later, in Egypt. Judah took the leadership role both in  selling Joseph  into slavery and in the brothers' later attempts to find him and free him, and to protect Benjamin. On his deathbed, Jacob conferred the  leadership  of Israel upon Judah, proclaiming: "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the legislator from between his feet, until Shiloh (the  Moshiach ) comes..." The royal house of David, as well as many of the great sages and leaders of Israel throughout the generations of Jewish history, trace their lineage to Judah. Judah had five sons: Er and Onan, who died without children; Shelah; and his twins from  Tamar , Peretz and Zerach. T...