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1 Sivan, 5768
Chodesh Tov,
The Staff of The JTF Forum wishes everyone a Happy Rosh Chodesh Sivan.
This is the day we arrived at Mount Sinai in preparation for the receiving of The Torah on Shavuot.
The following Biblical events all took place on this day:
Flood Waters Recede (2105 BCE)
150 days after the rains stopped falling in the Great Flood, the raging waters which covered the face of the earth calmed and began to subside at the rate of one cubit every four days (Genesis 8:3; Rashi, ibid. See "Today in Jewish History" for Cheshvan 17.)
Encampment at Sinai (1313 BCE)
On the 1st of Sivan of the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE), six weeks after their exodus from Egypt, the Children of Israel arrived at Mount Sinai in the Sinai Desert and camped at the foot of the mountain "as one man, with one heart" in preparation for the receiving of the Torah from G-d. On this day, however "Moses did not say anything to them, because of their exhaustion from the journey."
Korach Swallowed Up by the Earth (1312 BCE)
Korach, who led a rebellion againt the leadership of Moses and Aaron, met his end when, miraculously, "the ground split beneath them... And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Korach, and all their possessions" (Numbers 16:31-32).
Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim,
Chief Administrator.
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