Excerpts from Wikipidea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tishrei
Holidays in Tishrei
1-2 Tishrei - Rosh Hashanah
3 Tishrei - Tzom Gedaliah – (Fast Day) - On Tishrei 4 when Tishrei 3 is Shabbat
10 Tishrei - Yom Kippur – (Fast Day)
15–21 Tishrei - Sukkot
21 Tishrei - Hoshanah Rabbah
22 Tishrei - Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah - Also the 23 Tishrei outside of Israel
Tishrei in Jewish history
1 Tishrei - Adam & Eve were created (3761 BCE)
- On Tishrei 1, which corresponds to the sixth day of creation -- "God said: 'Let us make Man in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth...'" (Genesis 1:26).
1 Tishrei - (3761 BCE) - First Sin & Repentance
- On the same day man was created, man also committed the first sin of history **This statement should be edited. It is improbable and is not implied anywhere in scripture. It is more likely that a significant amount of time had passed prior to this event.**, transgressing the divine commandment not to eat from the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil." Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, and humanity became subject to death, labor and moral confusion. But also on that day, the first persons also repented their sin, introducing the concept and opportunities of teshuvah ("return").
1 Tishrei - (2105 BCE) - Dove's 3rd Mission
- On the 1st of Tishrei, (the 307th day of the Great Flood), Noah dispatched a dove from the ark, for the third time. When the dove returned carrying an olive branch, this is how Noah knew that the flood was drained from the earth. On that day, Noah removed the roof of the ark; but Noah and his family, and all the animals, remained in the ark for another 57 days, until the 27th of Cheshvan, when the surface of the earth was completely dry and God commanded them to leave the ark and resettle and repopulate the earth.
1 Tishrei - (1677 BCE) - Binding of Isaac; Sarah's Death
- Abraham's test of faith—his binding of Isaac in preparation to sacrifice him as per God's command, occurred on the 1st of Tishrei of the Hebrew year 2084 (1677 BCE), and is recalled each Rosh Hashanah with the sounding of the shofar (ram's horn, for the reason that a ram was sacrificed in Isaac's place when an angelrevealed that the command to sacrifice Isaac was a divine test). The Torah's account of the event is publicly read in the synagogue on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah. On the day of Isaac's binding, the Talmud tells that his mother, Sarah, died at age 127, and was then buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron.
1 Tisrei - (1923) - Daf Yomi
- The "Daf Yomi" a daily regimen of Talmud study (in which the participant studies one folio a day to complete the entire Talmud in seven years) initiated by Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin, was launched on Rosh Hashanah of 1923.
3 Tishrei - Assassination of Gedaliah (Fast of Gedalia)
- 3rd Tishrei is a fast day which mourns the assassination of the Jewish Royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple. Gedaliah's killing spelled the end of the small remnant of the Jewish community that remained in Israel after its destruction, which then subsequently fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival).
5 Tishrei - (134) - Rabbi Akiva murdered
- The great Talmudic sage, Rabbi Akiva, was taken captive by the Romans on the 5th of Tishrei, of the year 3894 from creation (134 CE). His subsequent torture and execution ("martyred") is recalled in the Eleh Ezkerah poem of the Yom Kippur service.
8 Tishrei - (826 BCE) - Temple dedicated
- The 14-day dedication festivities, which celebrated the completion of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem built by King Solomon, started on the 8th of Tishrei of the Hebrew year, 2935 (826 BCE). The First Temple served as the centre of Jewish national and spiritual life for 410 years, until it was destroyed by the Babylonians in 423 BCE.
10 Tishrei - (1313 BCE) - 2nd Tablets; Day of Forgiveness (Yom Kippur)
- On the 10th of Tishrei of the Hebrew year, 2449, (which was 82 days after the people of Israel betrayed their new covenant with God by worshipping a Golden Calfand after Moses twice spent 40 days atop Mount Sinai pleading on their behalf), "God restored His goodwill with the Jewish people gladly and wholeheartedly, saying to Moses 'I have forgiven, as you ask', and gave him the Second Tablets", which established that as a day of atonement, forgiveness and teshuvah for them and all future generations.
Hillulot / Death Anniverasaries / Yahrzeit for the Month of Tishrei
Hilulah Day | Name (Click on the name to view more info.) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Imeinu (Sarah the Matriarch) |
| 3 | Gedaliah ben Achikam |
| 5 | Naphtali ben Yaacov Avinu Naphtali was the Son of Jacob the Patriarch and Bilhah. He is one of the 12 Tribes. |
| 6 | Rabbi Aryeh Leib- The Shpole Zeide - The Shpole Zeide Chassidic leader, known as the Shpoler Zeide , "the grandfather from Shpola". |
| 7 | Zevulun ben Yaacov Avinu Zevulun was the Son of Jacob the Patriarch and Leah the Matriarch. He is one of the 12 Tribes. |
| 10 | Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag Kabbalist |
| 11 | Rabbi Huna Brei D'Mar Zutra |
| 12 | Rabbi Avraham HaMalach (The Angel) Son of the Maggid of Mezritch. |
| 14 | Rabbi Shalom Shachna Chassidic leader. Son of R' Avraham HaMalach. Father of R' Yisrael of Rizhin. |
| 14 | Rabbi Yisrael of Koznitz - The Maggid of Koznitz - The Maggid of Koznitz Chassidic leader and Kabbalist. |
| 15 | Yaacov Avinu (Jacob the Patriarch) |
| 18 | Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav Chassidic leader and kabbalist. Great-granson of the Baal Shem Tov |
| 19 | Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna- The Vilna Gaon - The Vilna Gaon Leader of Lithuanian Jewry, Torah scholar and kabbalist. |
| 19 | Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak - Ha-Yehudi Ha-Kadosh (The Holy Jew) - Ha-Yehudi Ha-Kadosh (The Holy Jew) Chassidic leader |
| 20 | Rabbi Eliezer Papo - Pele Yoetz - Pele Yoetz |
| 21 | Rabbi Moshe of Dolina A chassidic leader and a student of the Baal Shem Tov. |
| 21 | Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Premishlan Student of the Baal Shem Tov |
| 24 | Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye One of the foremost disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. |
| 25 | Rabbi Moshe Sofer- The Chatam Sofer - The Chatam Sofer Halachist, commentator |
| 25 | Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev Chassidic leader |
| 25 | Rabbi Binyamin of Zelazitz A student of the students of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch and Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. |
| 26 | Rabbi Asher of Stolin I Chassidic leader. |
| 27 | Rabbi Elazar Rokach Rabbi of the Jewish community of Amsterdam. Kabbalist |
| 29 | Shimon Ha-Tzaddik One of the earliest high priests (Kohen Gadol) of the 2nd Temple, Shimon Hatzaddik was also one of the most famous. |
שנה טובה ומבורכת
Shanah Tovah U'Mevorechet
Wishing You and Yours a Blessed and Happy Year
