ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, May 11, 2023 20 Iyar, 5783
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, May 11, 2023 20 Iyar, 5783 Omer: Day 35 - Malchut sheb'Hod Tonight Count 36 Torah Reading Behar: Leviticus 25:1-13 Jewish History Journey From Sinai (1312 BCE) On the 20th of Iyar 2449 (1312 BCE)--nearly a year after the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai--the Children of Israel departed their encampment near the Mountain. They resumed their journey when the pillar of cloud rose for the first time from over the " Tabernacle --the divine sign that would signal the resumption of their travels throughout their encampments and journeys over the next 38 years, until they reached the eastern bank of the Jordan River on the eve of their entry into the Holy Land. Links: The Israelites' Journey through the Desert Troyes Jews Burned at Stake (1288) On the 20th of Iyar in 1288, thirteen Jews in Troyes, France, were burned at the stake by the Inquisition. They were accused, in a blood libel, of the supposed murder of a Christian child. The thirte