ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, 5 Sivan, 5783 May 25, 2023
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, 5 Sivan, 5783 May 25, 2023 Omer: Day 49 - Malchut sheb'Malchut Candle Lighting Light Holiday Candles at 6:55 PM Torah Reading Naso: Numbers 4:21-33 Jewish History Reuben Finds Mandrakes (1568 BCE) The incident involving the mandrakes ( dudaim ) which Reuben, the eldest son of Jacob, found in the field "during the time of the wheat harvest"--recounted in Genesis 30:14-18 --occurred on the fifth of Sivan of the year 2197 from creation (1568 BCE). Jews Accept Torah (1313 BCE) On this day, Moses made a covenant with the Jewish people at the foot of Mount Sinai at which the people declared, "All that G-d has spoken, we shall do and hear" (Exodus 24:7) committing themselves to observe the Torah's commandments ("do") and strive to comprehend them ("hear"), while pledging to "do" also before they "hear." Links: What Happened at Matan Torah? Are We to Have Blind Faith? The Bargain and the Jew