#Rosh Chodesh Nisan

[lynnwriting]

Dayenu: A Pesach Miracle

Remember how a few weeks ago, I shared about how an issue at work had turned sour, so sour it might have even been antisemitic? Well, last week, on Rosh Chodesh Nisan, a miracle occurred. Click below to read what! #dayenu #Pesach #musings

Remember how a few weeks ago, I shared about how an issue at work had turned sour, so sour it might have even been antisemitic? Well, last week, on Rosh Chodesh Nisan, a miracle occurred. It wasn’t a huge miracle; nothing like the splitting of the Red Sea, but it was my miracle. My little miracle, or Hashem’s way of telling me everything is going to be okay. I can’t reveal everything now, all…

[jewish-holiday-tournament]

Jewish Holiday Tournament Round 1

1. Purim vs. Yom Yerushalayim WINNER: PURIM

2. Tu Bishvat vs. Shemini Atzeret WINNER: TU BISHVAT

3. Seharane vs. Tzom Tammuz WINNER: SEHARANE

4. Hoshanah Rabba vs. the Fast of the Firstborn WINNER: HOSHANAH RABBA

5. Sukkot vs. The First of Nisan WINNER: SUKKOT

6. Rosh Chodesh vs. Tisha b'Av WINNER: ROSH CHODESH

7. Yom Kippur vs. Lag BaOmer WINNER: YOM KIPPUR

8. Mimouna vs. Pesach Sheini WINNER: MIMOUNA

9. Pesach vs. Leil Slichot WINNER: PESACH

10. Shavuot vs. The First of Elul WINNER: SHAVUOT

11. Shabbat vs. Purim Katan WINNER: SHABBAT

12. Chag HaBanot vs. Tu b'Av WINNER: TU B'AV

13. Chanukah vs. Yom Ha'Atzmaut WINNER: CHANUKAH

14. Sigd vs. Asarah b'Tevet WINNER: SIGD

15. Simchat Torah vs. The Fast of Esther WINNER: SIMCHAT TORAH

16. Rosh Hashanah vs. Shushan Purim WINNER: ROSH HASHANAH

[todaysjewishholiday]

30 Nisan 5784 (7-8 May 2024)

Chodesh Iyyar Tov! In Hebrew months with thirty days the thirtieth day of the month and the first day of the following month are both part of Rosh Chodesh (the beginning or “head” of the new month). The 30th of Nisan is also the first night of the third week of the Omer count. Last night was the fourteenth day of the Omer. After tonight’s count, 34 days remain before Shavuot.

[istodayajewishholiday]

9 April 2024 - 1 Nisan 5784

Yes, today is Rosh Chodesh Nisan, the first of the month of Nisan!

Holidays to anticipate in Nisan:

Major Holidays Passover from 15-22 Nisan (April 22 - 30)

Minor Holidays Ta’anit Bechorot on 14 Nisan (April 22) Counting of the Omer starting 16 Nisan (April 24)

Special Shabbatot HaGadol on 12 Nissan (April 19-20)

[pomegranate-jewitchery]

The Limbs of the Year - 5785 (2024/2025)

I was inpired by all the Wheel of the Year posts and thought it could be really fun to create one for my fellow Jewitches. If there are any dates missing lmk! I have queued this up to post a couple days before the new year to give anyone who forgot (me) time to prepare for it.

Holidays and Fasts

October - 2024

Rosh Hashanah - Oct 2 - 4

Tzom Gedaliah - Oct 6

Yom Kippur - Oct 11 - 12

Sukkot - Oct 16 - 18

Shmini Atzeret - Oct 23 - 24

Simchat Torah - Oct 24 - 25

December

Chanukah - Dec 25 - Jan 2

Chag HaBanot - Dec 30 - 31

January - 2025

Asara B’Tevet - Jan 10

February

Tu BiShvat - Feb 12-13

March

Ta’anit Esther - Mar 13

Purim - Mar 13 -14

Shushan Purim - Mar 14 - 15

Purim Meshulash - Mar 15 - 16

April

Ta’anit Bechorot - Apr 10

Pesach - Apr 12 - 20

Days of the Omer - Apr 13 - Jun 1

Yom HaShoah - Apr 23 - 24

May

Pesach Sheni - May 11 - 12

Lag BaOmer - May 15 - 16

June

Shavuot - Jun 1 - 3

July

Tzom Tammuz - Jul 13

August

Tish’a B’Av - Aug 2 - 3

Tu B’Av - Aug 8 - 9 

Rosh Hashanah La Behemoth - Aug 24 - 25

September

Leil Selichot - Sep 13

Special Shabbatot

Shabbat Shuva - Oct 4‑5

Shabbat Shirah - Feb 7‑8

Shabbat Shekalim - Feb 28‑Mar 1

Shabbat Zachor - Mar 7‑8

Shabbat Parah - Mar 21‑22

Shabbat HaChodesh - Mar 28‑29

Shabbat HaGadol - Apr 11‑12

Shabbat Chazon - Aug 1‑2

Shabbat Nachamu - Aug 8‑9

Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - Oct 31‑Nov 2

Rosh Chodesh Kislev - Nov 30‑Dec 2

Rosh Chodesh Tevet - Dec 30‑Jan 1

Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat - Jan 29‑30

Rosh Chodesh Adar - Feb 27‑Mar 1

Rosh Chodesh Nisan - Mar 29‑30

Rosh Chodesh Iyyar - Apr 27‑29

Rosh Chodesh Sivan -  May 27‑28

Rosh Chodesh Tamuz - Jun 25‑27

Rosh Chodesh Av - Jul 25‑26

Rosh Chodesh Elul - Aug 23‑25

Solstices & Equinoxes

Autumn Equinox - September 22, 2024

Winter Solstice - December 21, 2024

Spring Equinox - March 20, 2025

Summer Solstice - June 20, 2025

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If you want to do any further reading into the dates I would check out The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons by Jill Hammer. I got the majority of the dates from Hebcal and they have links to things there as well. 

[eretzyisrael]

Shabbat HaChodesh 2023 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 5783

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Friday, 17 March 2023and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 18 March 2023. This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.

Shabbat HaChodesh (“Sabbath [of the] month” שבת החודש) precedes the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan during which Passover is celebrated. Exodus 12:1-20 and the laws of Passover. On the first day of Nisan, G-d presented the first commandment of how to “sanctify the new moon” (kiddush hachodesh) for the onset of Rosh Chodesh and thus Nisan becomes the first month of the Jewish year (counting by months.).

[zebratoys]

Good Rosh Chodesh Nisan Blessings, Amen. As we enter the gateway of the Lunar month of Nisan, holy spiritual shimmering rays of liberty, freedom and salvation touch our eternal core Biblical roots. Nisan greets us with shared values and a deep inner soulful longing for the sanctuary of the upper worlds of beauty, purity, peace and grace. May hope and faith shine uplifting beams of love upon us and into our world.

May Am Yisrael's greatness, strength, and resilience continue to forge goodwill, enhance Oneness, and overcome adversity to support tribalhood that helps humankind evolve towards a better, brighter future with beautiful good fortune realities in our lives, our communities, and our world. Wishing us all this golden feeling, Amen.

[transition-with-the-torah]

Excerpt from the weekly pre-Shabbat email from my local-ish synagogue with exact location details and names redacted:

Standing outside, the temperature will drop, and all natural light will fade. Nocturnal animals may even start to rouse themselves, fooled by the total darkness. You might remember a similar celestial occurrence, the "Great American Eclipse" of 2017. [...] If 2017 was a warmup, 2024's eclipse will be the real deal. And, according to NASA, the next total solar eclipse that will cross the US is expected in August 2044.

I've been excited to experience this eclipse since first hearing about it. [...] Plus, this eclipse occurs hours before Rosh Chodesh Nisan - the month that ushers one of four Jewish new years and is marked by the spiritual energy of freedom (representing the escape from Egypt and the birth of the Israelite nation.) As you might have guessed, I've had the date marked on my calendar for a while now, and most of the [synagogue] staff is tired of hearing me talk about it.

With that said, I was surprised to read that Jewish tradition views solar eclipses as bad omens. I expected there to be a bracha to recite upon seeing the eclipse, but with some research, I actually found quite the opposite. There's even a midrash that states that we should pray for the bad omen (the eclipse) to come to an end.

This burst my bubble. Plus, Jewish tradition certainly doesn't stand alone in interpreting an eclipse as a bad omen. Countless cultures and ample folklore link solar eclipses to impending doom. 

For me, this is a good time to instill a "when you know better, you do better" approach. Thanks to astrological and mathematical advances, we have a much better understanding of our planet and solar system than our ancestors did. Not only do we know the eclipse will end, we know it’s coming. So, while there isn't a long-established celebration of the solar eclipse in Jewish culture, it still feels important to me to sanctify this experience of God's creation.

I hope we can bring our modern wisdom into play to welcome this solar eclipse, rather than to fear it. I want us to revel in this wholesome, harmless natural phenomenon, and to celebrate this exceedingly rare opportunity to collectively appreciate God's creation, whether it inspires awe, doom, joy, or all of the above. And you'll be glad to know that – while there might not be a halachically endorsed bracha — Rabbi S says that reciting the following blessing would be appropriate:

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֳלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם עוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, oseh ma'aseh v'reishit. Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Author of Creation.

[This has been scheduled to post on Sunday, 7 April 2024, or the day before the total solar eclipse.]

[brookston]

Holidays 3.22

Holidays

Age Is Just A Number Day

Arab League Day

Army Day (Philippines)

As Young As You Feel Day

Baltic Sea Day

Banned in Boston Day

Bihar Day (India)

Captain James T. Kirk Day

Cinematograph Film Day

Cornstarch Day

Daffodil Day

Day of the Berlin Bear (Germany)

Day of the People’s Party (Laos)

Earth Day [Original Date]

Emancipation Day (a.k.a. Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud; Puerto Rico)

Festival of Immortality

Gryffindor Pride Day

International Day of the Seal

International Goof-Off Day (a.k.a. National Goof-Off Day)

International Gurjar Day

International Taxi Driver Day (Russia)

John Magufuli Day (Tanzania)

Labour Day (Christmas Island)

Laser Day

Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day

National Badminton Day [also 3.30]

National

National Day of the Podenco (Spain)

National Day of Work-Integrated Learning Day (Canada)

National Donald Day

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day

National Ride2School Day )Australia)

National Sing-Out Day

National Tree Day (Sent Maarten)

National West Virginia Day

Newlyweds Day (Serbia)

Plane Tree Day (French Republic)

Resident Evil Anniversary Day

Stamp Act Day

Stanley Cup Day

Sun-Earth Day

Talk Like William Shatner Day

Tuskegee Airmen Day

World Cloud Security Day

World Coma Day

World Day of Metta!

World Doula Day

World Mime Day

World Organic Research Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bavarian Crepes Day

Brewing Water Day

Coq au Vin Day

We Love Broccoli Day

World Water Day (a.k.a. World Day for Water; UN)

4th Friday in March

Friday of Sorrows [4th Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Pliny the Younger Day (Normally 1st Friday in February but moved in 2023)

Wear a Hat Day (Ireland) [4th Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Bihar (State founded; India; 1912)

Malus (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Nowruz (New Year) [Day 3, Around Spring Equinox] (a.k.a. ... 

Dita e Nevruzit (Albania)

Nauryz Meyramy (Kazakhstan)

Navruz (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

Nevruz (Albania)

Nooroz (Iran)

Novruz (Azerbaijan)

Festivals Beginning March 22, 2024

Barcelona Beer Festival (Barcelona, Spain) [thru 3.24]

Bluebonnet Brew-Off (Dallas, Texas) [thru 3.24]

California Artisan Cheese Festival (Santa Rosa, California) [thru 3.24]

Hammond Smokin’ BBQ Challenge (Hammond, Louisiana) [thru 3.23]

Hermann Wurstfest (Hermann, Missouri) [thru 3.24]

Kirkland Wine, Beer & Spirits Walk (Kirkland, Washington)

Lollapalooza (São Paulo, Brazil) [thru 3.24]

Litchfield Restaurant Week (Litchfield, Connecticut) [thru 3.29]

MN Brewers Conference (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Salzburg Easter Festival (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 4.1]

Sydney Royal Easter Show (Sydney, Australia) [thru 4.2]

Ultra Music Festival (Miami, Florida) [thru 3.24]

Vossa Jazz (Vossevangen, Norway) [thru 3.24]

Feast Days

Anthony Van Dyck (Artology)

Anton Raphael Mengs (Artology)

Attis Arbour Intrat (Procession of Pine Trees, dedicated to Cybele, Ops for Rhea; Ancient Rome)

Basil of Ancyra (Christian; Saint)

Benvenuto of Osimo (Christian; Saint)

Catharine of Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Clemens August Graf von Galen (Christian; Saint)

Darerca of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Deogratias, Bishop of Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Dies Violae (Laying of Flowers at Tombs; Ancient Rome)

Epaphroditus (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Cybele (Attis’ self-mutilation; Ancient Rome)

Festival of the Entry of the Tree (Ancient Rome)

Hola Mohalla (Sikh)

John Frederick Kensett (Artology)

Jonathan Edwards (Lutheranism)

Justin (Positivist; Saint)

Keep Richards Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lea of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas Owen (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas von Flue (Christian; Saint)

Paul of Narbonne (Christian; Saint)

Pretend to Be Sober Day (Pastafarian)

Rite of Eostre (Everyday Wicca)

Quinquatria, Day 4: Poet’s Day (Pagan)

Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Judaism) [1 Nisan]

Slightly Silly Day (Pastafarian)

Toothbrush (Muppetism)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shabbat Zachor (Remembrance) [13 Adair]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

All Shook Up, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)

Apostrophe (‘), by Frank Zappa (Album; 1974)

Behold the Man, by Michael Moorcock (Novel; 1969)

The Bible, printed by Johannes Gutenberg (Book; 1457)

Bosko the Speed King (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

Bringing It All Back Home, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1965)

Bullwinkle Scores Again or Fool’s Goal (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 356; 1965)

The Clock (Film; 1945)

The Croods (Animated Film; 2013)

Defending Your Life (Film; 1991)

D-I-V-O-R-C-E, recorded by Tammy Wynette (Song; 1968)

East St. Louis Toddle-oo, recorded by Duke Ellington (Song; 1927)

The Egg Cracker Suite (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Swing Symphony Cartoon; 1943)

The Explorer, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

Far Beyond Driven, by Pantera (Album; 1994)

Fist of Fury (Film; 1972)

Flames in the Sky, by Pierre Clostermann (Novel; 1951)

The Golden Touch (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1935)

Gutenberg Bible (Religious Text; 1457)

How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture, by Francis A. Schaeffer (Philosophy Book; 1975)

Luca (Pixar Animated Film; 2024)

Mr. Wonderful (Broadway Musical; 1956)

Much Ado About Nothing (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Olympus Has Fallen (Film; 2013)

On the Border, by The Eagles (Album; 1974)

Pleased to Meet Cha! (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)

Please Please Me by The Beatles (Album; 1963)

Power to the People, by John Lennon (Song; 1971)

The Rules: All You Need Is Cash (TV Rockumentary Special; 1978)

Sing Smokey, by The Temptation (Album; 1965)

Sleepy Time Chimes (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1971)

Spring Breakers (Film; 2013)

Standing Room Only or Bullwinkle Sells Out (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 355; 1965)

Station 19 (TV Series; 2018)

Stealin Aint Honest (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)

Symphony No. 1, the Poem of the Forest, by Albert Roussel (Symphony; 1908)

Us (Film; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Clemens, Elmar, Klemens, Lea (Austria)

Rosen, Rositsa (Bulgaria)

Lea, Leonarda, Oktavijan (Croatia)

Leona (Czech Republic)

Paulus (Denmark)

Viktor, Viktoria (Estonia)

Vihtori, Viktor (Finland)

Léa (France)

Elmar, Lea, Reinhilde (Germany)

Drosos, Drosoula (Greece)

Beáta, Izolda (Hungary)

Benevenuto, Caterina, Lavinia, Lea, Muzio, Onofrio, Nilda, Nilde (Italy)

Dziedra, Giedra, Ralfs, Tamāra (Latvia)

Gedgaudas, Gedgaudė, Kotryna (Lithuania)

Paula, Pauline (Norway)

Bazylissa, Bogusław, Godzisław, Katarzyna, Kazimierz, Paweł (Poland)

Drosida, Vasile (Romania)

Beňadik (Slovakia)

Bienvenido, Lea (Spain)

Kennet, Kent, Viktor (Sweden)

Lea, Leah, Lee, Leigh, Leighton, Parker (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 82 of 2024; 284 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 12 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 13 (Yi-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 12 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 12 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 22 Green; Oneday [21 of 30]

Julian: 9 March 2024

Moon: 94%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 26 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Clement of Alexandria]

Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 4 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 2 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.22

Holidays

Age Is Just A Number Day

Arab League Day

Army Day (Philippines)

As Young As You Feel Day

Baltic Sea Day

Banned in Boston Day

Bihar Day (India)

Captain James T. Kirk Day

Cinematograph Film Day

Cornstarch Day

Daffodil Day

Day of the Berlin Bear (Germany)

Day of the People’s Party (Laos)

Earth Day [Original Date]

Emancipation Day (a.k.a. Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud; Puerto Rico)

Festival of Immortality

Gryffindor Pride Day

International Day of the Seal

International Goof-Off Day (a.k.a. National Goof-Off Day)

International Gurjar Day

International Taxi Driver Day (Russia)

John Magufuli Day (Tanzania)

Labour Day (Christmas Island)

Laser Day

Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day

National Badminton Day [also 3.30]

National

National Day of the Podenco (Spain)

National Day of Work-Integrated Learning Day (Canada)

National Donald Day

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day

National Ride2School Day )Australia)

National Sing-Out Day

National Tree Day (Sent Maarten)

National West Virginia Day

Newlyweds Day (Serbia)

Plane Tree Day (French Republic)

Resident Evil Anniversary Day

Stamp Act Day

Stanley Cup Day

Sun-Earth Day

Talk Like William Shatner Day

Tuskegee Airmen Day

World Cloud Security Day

World Coma Day

World Day of Metta!

World Doula Day

World Mime Day

World Organic Research Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bavarian Crepes Day

Brewing Water Day

Coq au Vin Day

We Love Broccoli Day

World Water Day (a.k.a. World Day for Water; UN)

4th Friday in March

Friday of Sorrows [4th Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Pliny the Younger Day (Normally 1st Friday in February but moved in 2023)

Wear a Hat Day (Ireland) [4th Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Bihar (State founded; India; 1912)

Malus (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Nowruz (New Year) [Day 3, Around Spring Equinox] (a.k.a. ... 

Dita e Nevruzit (Albania)

Nauryz Meyramy (Kazakhstan)

Navruz (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

Nevruz (Albania)

Nooroz (Iran)

Novruz (Azerbaijan)

Festivals Beginning March 22, 2024

Barcelona Beer Festival (Barcelona, Spain) [thru 3.24]

Bluebonnet Brew-Off (Dallas, Texas) [thru 3.24]

California Artisan Cheese Festival (Santa Rosa, California) [thru 3.24]

Hammond Smokin’ BBQ Challenge (Hammond, Louisiana) [thru 3.23]

Hermann Wurstfest (Hermann, Missouri) [thru 3.24]

Kirkland Wine, Beer & Spirits Walk (Kirkland, Washington)

Lollapalooza (São Paulo, Brazil) [thru 3.24]

Litchfield Restaurant Week (Litchfield, Connecticut) [thru 3.29]

MN Brewers Conference (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Salzburg Easter Festival (Salzburg, Austria) [thru 4.1]

Sydney Royal Easter Show (Sydney, Australia) [thru 4.2]

Ultra Music Festival (Miami, Florida) [thru 3.24]

Vossa Jazz (Vossevangen, Norway) [thru 3.24]

Feast Days

Anthony Van Dyck (Artology)

Anton Raphael Mengs (Artology)

Attis Arbour Intrat (Procession of Pine Trees, dedicated to Cybele, Ops for Rhea; Ancient Rome)

Basil of Ancyra (Christian; Saint)

Benvenuto of Osimo (Christian; Saint)

Catharine of Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Clemens August Graf von Galen (Christian; Saint)

Darerca of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Deogratias, Bishop of Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Dies Violae (Laying of Flowers at Tombs; Ancient Rome)

Epaphroditus (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Cybele (Attis’ self-mutilation; Ancient Rome)

Festival of the Entry of the Tree (Ancient Rome)

Hola Mohalla (Sikh)

John Frederick Kensett (Artology)

Jonathan Edwards (Lutheranism)

Justin (Positivist; Saint)

Keep Richards Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lea of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas Owen (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas von Flue (Christian; Saint)

Paul of Narbonne (Christian; Saint)

Pretend to Be Sober Day (Pastafarian)

Rite of Eostre (Everyday Wicca)

Quinquatria, Day 4: Poet’s Day (Pagan)

Rosh Chodesh Nisan (Judaism) [1 Nisan]

Slightly Silly Day (Pastafarian)

Toothbrush (Muppetism)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shabbat Zachor (Remembrance) [13 Adair]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

All Shook Up, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)

Apostrophe (‘), by Frank Zappa (Album; 1974)

Behold the Man, by Michael Moorcock (Novel; 1969)

The Bible, printed by Johannes Gutenberg (Book; 1457)

Bosko the Speed King (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

Bringing It All Back Home, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1965)

Bullwinkle Scores Again or Fool’s Goal (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 356; 1965)

The Clock (Film; 1945)

The Croods (Animated Film; 2013)

Defending Your Life (Film; 1991)

D-I-V-O-R-C-E, recorded by Tammy Wynette (Song; 1968)

East St. Louis Toddle-oo, recorded by Duke Ellington (Song; 1927)

The Egg Cracker Suite (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Swing Symphony Cartoon; 1943)

The Explorer, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

Far Beyond Driven, by Pantera (Album; 1994)

Fist of Fury (Film; 1972)

Flames in the Sky, by Pierre Clostermann (Novel; 1951)

The Golden Touch (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1935)

Gutenberg Bible (Religious Text; 1457)

How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture, by Francis A. Schaeffer (Philosophy Book; 1975)

Luca (Pixar Animated Film; 2024)

Mr. Wonderful (Broadway Musical; 1956)

Much Ado About Nothing (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Olympus Has Fallen (Film; 2013)

On the Border, by The Eagles (Album; 1974)

Pleased to Meet Cha! (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)

Please Please Me by The Beatles (Album; 1963)

Power to the People, by John Lennon (Song; 1971)

The Rules: All You Need Is Cash (TV Rockumentary Special; 1978)

Sing Smokey, by The Temptation (Album; 1965)

Sleepy Time Chimes (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1971)

Spring Breakers (Film; 2013)

Standing Room Only or Bullwinkle Sells Out (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 355; 1965)

Station 19 (TV Series; 2018)

Stealin Aint Honest (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)

Symphony No. 1, the Poem of the Forest, by Albert Roussel (Symphony; 1908)

Us (Film; 2019)

Today’s Name Days

Clemens, Elmar, Klemens, Lea (Austria)

Rosen, Rositsa (Bulgaria)

Lea, Leonarda, Oktavijan (Croatia)

Leona (Czech Republic)

Paulus (Denmark)

Viktor, Viktoria (Estonia)

Vihtori, Viktor (Finland)

Léa (France)

Elmar, Lea, Reinhilde (Germany)

Drosos, Drosoula (Greece)

Beáta, Izolda (Hungary)

Benevenuto, Caterina, Lavinia, Lea, Muzio, Onofrio, Nilda, Nilde (Italy)

Dziedra, Giedra, Ralfs, Tamāra (Latvia)

Gedgaudas, Gedgaudė, Kotryna (Lithuania)

Paula, Pauline (Norway)

Bazylissa, Bogusław, Godzisław, Katarzyna, Kazimierz, Paweł (Poland)

Drosida, Vasile (Romania)

Beňadik (Slovakia)

Bienvenido, Lea (Spain)

Kennet, Kent, Viktor (Sweden)

Lea, Leah, Lee, Leigh, Leighton, Parker (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 82 of 2024; 284 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 12 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 13 (Yi-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 12 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 12 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 22 Green; Oneday [21 of 30]

Julian: 9 March 2024

Moon: 94%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 26 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Clement of Alexandria]

Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 4 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of March

Zodiac: Aries (Day 2 of 31)

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A new moon

the 9th of february 2024

And a post from yesterday by John Parsons:

This evening (at sundown) marks Rosh Chodesh Adar (רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אַדָר), or the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar. On the Biblical calendar the month of Adar is the *last month of the year* counting from Nisan, though during a Jewish “leap year” (as we have this year) an additional month of Adar, called Adar Sheni (or Adar II), is added to the calendar.

The month of Adar falls during February/March on the secular (goyishke) calendar. The 14th day of the last month of the year (i.e., either Adar or Adar Sheni during a leap year) marks the holiday of Purim -- which is always celebrated exactly 30 days before Passover (Megillah 1:4). During both Purim and Passover we celebrate God’s deliverance of His people, and therefore Adar is considered one of the happiest of the months of the Jewish year. As it says in the Talmud, “When Adar comes, joy is increased” (Ta'anit 29a).

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Psalm 104:19 Hebrew reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm104-19-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page (pdf):

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm104-19-lesson.pdf

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Month of Nissan

1 Nissan/March 23 to 30 Nissan/April 21st 2023

First Month of God’s Calendar/Month of Deliverance and Redemption

Part 1

Babylonian Name -                 Nissan – meaning “Their flight”                                                                            From the Hebrew “Nissim” meaning Miracles

Hebrew Name -                       Aviv / “ripening of Barley Grain”

Month of the Year -                1st Month of Spiritual Year and 7th Month of the Physical Year

Theme of the Month -             MONTH OF REDEMPTION

Season -                                   Spring /Aviv and Season of Deliverance

Key Appointed Times

Nissan 1                               Rosh Chodashim – meaning “Head of the Months

Nissan 15                             Pesach / Passover

Nissan 15-21                        Chag Hamatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread)

Nissan 16                             Reishit Katzir (Firstfruits)

Nissan 16 to Sivan 6            Sefirat HaOmer (Counting the Omer)

Color / Gemstone -                           Color – Dark Red, Sky Blue / Gemstone – Garnet, Blue Topaz

Tribe of Israel -                                Judah / “Praise of Adonai”

Hebrew Letter -                      Hei also written as Hey /Value 5, Represents grace, breath of God, violent praise and to behold

Action / Body Part -               Action – Walking and Body Part is the Right Foot

Constellation -                         Aries / “The Lamb”

Characteristics and Scriptures to Meditate On

Month of Redemption                                                                  Exodus 12

The Beginning of the Miraculous

Cross over into the New / Put your best foot forward

Thank God for where you came from                       Psalms 40

Celebrate the Passover Lamb                                                        John 12 and Revelation 5:11-14

Watch what you speak, Speak Life                           Proverbs 18:21 and Matthew 12:34

Month of Praise and to go forth like Judah               Psalms 100:4

Praise and Worship Confounds the enemy                2 Chronicles 20:22

Time for cleansing / Spring cleaning                          John 21:12

Pray over finances / Tax month in the US                 Matthew 17:24-27

Note: Nisan is one of the few months mentioned in the Torah by name. G-d refers to it as Chodesh HaAviv, the Month of Spring.

Other Important Events That Happened in the Month of Nissan

15 Nisan (c. 1713 BCE) - Birth of Isaac

1 Nisan The day the floodwaters receded from the earth, after the dove was sent out.

by Noah and returned with an olive branch, according to Genesis 8:10-13

17 Nisan (c. 24th century BCE) - Noah's Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat

17 Nisan - Hebrews entered Egypt (Exo 12:40-41) 430 years before deliverance. ...even the self-same day it came to pass...

1 Nisan(c. 1456 BCE) – First mitzvah (commandment) is given to the Jewish people Exodus 12:1-2 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) 12 Adonai spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt; he said, 2 “You are to begin your calendar with this month; it will be the first month of the year for you. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzvah) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Exodus)

10 Nisan (c. 1456 BCE) - The first Shabbat HaGadol was celebrated by the Israelites in Egypt five days before The Exodus.

14 Nisan (c. 1456 BCE) - On the going out thereof, the eve of the 15th, was the first Passover meal, and the 10th plague on Egypt, the slaying of the firstborn.

15 Nisan (c. 1456 BCE) - The Exodus from Egypt, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm

17 Nisan (c. 1456 BCE) - Moses led the Israelites through the Parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 3:18, 5:3)

1 Nisan (c. 1455 BCE) - Tabernacle (Mishkan) inaugurated on the second year "Exodus 40".

1 Nisan (c. 1455 BCE) - Death of Nadab and Abihu

10 Nisan (c. 1417 BCE) - Yahrzeit of Miriam the prophetess, 39 years after the Exodus.

7 Nisan (c. 1416 BCE) - Joshua sends two spies to Jericho.

10 Nisan (c. 1416 BCE) - The Israelites cross the Jordan River into Canaan ( Joshua 4)

28 Nisan (c. 1415 BCE) - Battle of Jericho by Joshua (Book of Joshua 6).

26 Nisan (c. 1386 BCE) - Traditional yahrzeit of Joshua son of Nun.

17 Nisan (c. 1273 BCE) - Israelites stop eating manna six days after entering the Holy Land (Joshua 5:10-12)

15 Nisan (c. 474 BCE) - Esther appears before Ahasuerus unsummoned and invites him and Haman to a feast to be held the same day. During the feast she requests that the king and Haman attend a second feast the next day

16 Nisan (c. 474 BCE) - Esther's second feast, during which she accuses Haman regarding his plot to annihilate her nation. Ahasuerus orders his servants to hang Haman.

17 Nisan (c. 474 BCE) - Haman hanged after Esther's second feast.

17 Nisan, The cleansing of the Temple by Hezekiah (eight hundred years after entering the Promised Land. (2 Chronicles 29:1-28)

14 NisanPASSOVER begins at sunset. On this the day the Messiah was crucified. Yeshua Jesus was crucified and dies around 3 PM and His body was placed in the tomb at twilight.

16 Nisan - With the annual Sabbath now over, the women bought and prepared spices for anointing Yeshua Jesus’ body.

17 Nisan - The weekly Sabbath. The women rested on the weekly Sabbath. Yeshua Jesus rose around sunset, exactly three days and three nights (72hours) after burial, to fulfill the sign of Jonah and authenticate Yeshua Jesus as Messiah.

18 Nisan - The women brought the prepared spices early in the morning while it was still dark. When they arrived, they found that Yeshua Jesus had already ARISEN

Consider These New Beginnings

17 Nisan - Noah’s Ark safely rested on Mt. Ararat (Gen 8:4) Note that the seventh month was later designated as the first month at the time of the Exodus (Ex. 12:2).

17 Nisan - Hebrews entered Egypt (Exo 12:40-41) 430 years before deliverance. ...even the self-same day it came to pass...

17 Nisan - Moses led the Israelites through the Parting of the Red Sea (Exo 3:18, 5:3)

17 Nisan - Israel entered and ate the first fruit of the Promised Land (Joshua 5:10-12)

17 Nisan - Cleansing of the Temple by Hezekiah (eight hundred years after entering the Promised Land. (2 Chronicles 29:1-28)

17 Nisan - Queen Esther saved the Jews from Elimination (Esther 3:12, 5:1)

17 Nisan – Resurrection of Messiah

There are no coincidences in God. The odds of just two of the above events happening accidentally on the same day of the Hebrew year (360 days) are one in 129,000. And the odds of these events all happening coincidentally on the same day of the Hebrew year are one in 783 quadrillions, 864 trillion, 876 Billion, 960 Million (783,864,876,960,000,000).

All these events point to one truth, God planned and orchestrated each of the events culminating it with Messiah defeating, once and for all our enemy Satan. Death was overturn by the resurrection of Yeshua Jesus on that faithful 17 Nisan. Hence giving humanity a new beginning. Death was turned into life and defeat into victory. Our responsibility is to accept Jesus as our savior, live righteously and walk in the newness of His saving grace.

Peace be unto you in Yeshua’s name.

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We’re in a particular window of time starting yesterday that sets these next three days apart from the others. In Jewish tradition, 3 is significant for the number of days in which we must descend in order to ascend, with the rebirth being complete on the third day. This sacred time, mixed with the Rosh Chodesh of Nisan, Spring Equinox, and Masechet Rosh Hashanah, means we have a super-charged week ahead. I consider this special window of time as the portal for moving dreams to reality. Winter is heavily associated with the dream state for me. It’s a very inward journey and very focused on planning (dreaming) for the future. I’ve had the pleasure of spending all winter dreaming of my garden, my offerings, and community once the thaw begins. This is the time to manifest your dreams into a reality, to set your intention and make it happen, to reach out to your allies and your comrades to build coalitions and create the new earth. Now is your time to make your dream a reality. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDY9-1u-R1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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8 May 2024 - 30 Nisan 5784

Yes, today is Rosh Chodesh Iyyar, the beginning of the month of Iyyar!

Holidays to anticipate in Iyyar:

Minor Holidays:

Pesach Sheini on 14 Iyyar (May 21-22) Lag B'Omer on 18 Iyyar (May 25-26)

Today is Day 15 of the Counting of the Omer. Tonight: Count 16.

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Rosh Chodesh Nisan Wishes - Free Printable Greeting Cards - Happy First Jewish Month

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