Jewish Calendar Monday, 29 Shevat, 5783 February 20, 2023
Jewish Calendar Monday, 29 Shevat, 5783 February 20, 2023 Torah Reading Terumah: Exodus 25:1-16 Jewish History Columbia Tragedy; Israeli Astronaut Perishes (2003) On the morning of February 1, 2003, the Columbia Space Shuttle, returning from its STS-107 mission, was destroyed upon re-entry, 16 minutes before its scheduled landing. All its crew members perished, including Ilan Ramon, a combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force, who was the first Israeli astronaut. Prior to his departing to space on Space Shuttle Columbia, where his mission included the manning of a multispectral camera for recording desert aeroso, he arranged to take kosher food as well as a Kiddush cup, a Torah Scroll, and a dollar from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory. Links: Pride, Pain and the Suddenness of Life ; Remembering Ilan Ramon Laws and Customs Omit Tachanun in the Afternoon Starting in the afternoon, Tachanun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted. Daily Study Chumash ...