ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, June 26, 2023 7 Tammuz, 5783
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, June 26, 2023 7 Tammuz, 5783 Torah Reading Balak: Numbers 22:2-12 Jewish History Purim Ostroh (1792) The Jewish community of Ostroh (in what is now western Ukraine) was miraculously spared when a Russian army led by General Suvorov attempted to breach its walls, claiming Polish insurgents were present inside. To commemorate the miracle, the day of 7 Tammuz was established as a local day of rejoicing, and a special scrollin which the story was inscribed was read each year on this date. According to legend, two cannons that struck the great Maharsha synagogue caused no harm. The two cannons were thereupon displayed in the synagogue for all to see. ( Yalkut Volhynia ,issues 2–3) Link: Other Purims Laws and Customs Sanctification of the Moon Once a month, as the moon waxes in the sky, we recite a special blessing called Kiddush Levanah , "the sanctification of the moon," praising the Creator for His wondrous work we call astronomy...