The Mystical Month To Come

2) CALENDAR REMINDERS

Tishrei 30 (Oct.6) First Day Rosh Chodesh

Mar Cheshvan 1 (Oct.6-7) Second Day Rosh Chodesh.

Mar Cheshvan 3 (Oct. 9) Shabbat Noach: Torah Reading: Gen. 6:9-11:32; Haftorah: Isaiah 54:1-10

Mar Cheshvan 7 (Oct.13) First day of prayers for rain in Israel (Outside of Israel this is started on December 6th).

Mar Cheshvan 10 (Oct.15-16) Shabbat Lech Lecha; Torah Reading: Gen. 12:1-17:27; Haftorah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16.

Mar Cheshvan 11 (Oct. 17) Yahrzeit of our matriarch, Rachel Emeinu

Mar Cheshvan 15 (Oct. 21) The Beginning of the Flood, 4328 years ago.
Yahrzeit of Rabbi Leib, "the master of suffering"-the occasion of a major pilgrimage to the Safed cemetery from all over the country.

Mar Cheshvan 17 (Oct.22-23) Shabbat VaYera; Torah Reading: Gen. 18:1-22:24, Haftorah: Kings 4:1-37.
Mar Cheshvan 24 (Oct. 29-30) Shabbat Chayei Sara; Torah Reading: Gen. 23:1-25:18, Haftorah: Kings 1:1-1:31. Shabbat Mevarchim. (Blessing of the New Moon).
Since this parasha tells the story of the burial of the Matriarch Sara in Hevron, for many years now thousands of Jews spend this Shabbat in Hevron to pray at the Cave of Machpeilah. From here comes the tradition to call this Shabbat Shabbat Hevron.

Mar Cheshvan 27 (Nov. 2) End of the Flood 2307 BCE

Mar Cheshvan 29 (Nov. 4) Eve of Rosh Chodesh Kislev (time to polish up the Chanukka Menorah!)

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MAY WE FEEL THE SHOWERS OF BLESSING IN OUR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE!