ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, May 22, 2023 2 Sivan, 5783
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, May 22, 2023 2 Sivan, 5783 Omer: Day 46 - Netzach sheb'Malchut Tonight Count 47 Torah Reading Naso: Numbers 4:21-33 Jewish History Chosen People (1313 BCE) Sivan 2 is marked on the Jewish calendar as Yom HaMeyuchas ("Day of Distinction"); it was on this day that G-d told Moses -- when Moses ascended Mount Sinai for the first time -- to tell the people of Israel: "You shall be My chosen treasure from among all the nations, for all the earth is Mine. You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:4-6). Links: Who Are the Jews? On the Essence of Choice More on the "choseness" of the Jewish people Israel Captures Golan Heights (1967) Until the Six-Day War (see “ Today in Jewish History ” for Iyar 26), the Syrian army was deployed in strong fortifications on the Golan Heights, from which they repeatedly shelled the Israeli settlements below. On the fifth day of the war, the Israeli Army broke throu...