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B.C.E. 521 — The Dәvar (i.e. Oral Law) of י--ה comes, via Khajai ha-Navi, to Zәru-Bavel Ben-Shәa·altiyeil, Khajai 1.1.
B.C.E. 459 — Ezra ha-Kohein, the Sopheir (Torah scribe), arrived in Yәrushalayim after the Exile in Iraq, Ezra 7.8-9.
B.C.E. 434 — Ezra begins another wall in Yәrushalayim; completes it 52 days from today, Nәkhemyah 6.15.
Annually — Qumran khasidim Tzәdoqim celebrate Festival of Firstfruits of Wine, 50 days after Festival of Firstfruits of Wheat, Yadin, Vol. I, The Temple Scroll.
B.C.E. 601 — Yәkhezqeil ha-navi sees vision of Elohim: a fiery figure, a man with ink marks the foreheads of the inhabitants of Yәrushalayim, Yәkhezqeil ha-navi 8.1ff.
Annually — Moaeid Shemen (Appointed-festival of [Firstfruits of] Olive-oil (Qumran khasidim Tzәdoqim calendar).
Annually — Feast of Wood Offering on the Qumran khasidim Tzәdoqim calendar. (Six days in addition to the intermediate Shabât)
B.C.E. 521 — Khajai ha-Navi, the malakh of י--ה, proclaims the Malakhut (mission) of י--ה to the kindred to work in the Beit-י--ה Tzәvâ·ot of their Elohim), Khajai 1.13-15.
B.C.E. 434 — Ezra completes his wall in Yәrushalayim in 52 days.
B.C.E. 434 — Verification and documentation of yukhasin; Kohanim lacking proper genealogical documentation to Aharon declared invalid, Nәkhemyah 6.15; 7.64, 73.
In years in which Nitzavim is combined with wa-Yeilekh (check date of next Parashat Shavua) and years in which wa-Yeilekh is read the following week (but not when coinciding with Shabât Shuvah), the Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәshayahu 61.9 — 63.9, not the Sәpharadit and Ashkәnazit 61.10 — 63.9.
B.C.E. 593 — (day of month uncertain) Khanan Yәhudah Ben-Azur dies, fulfilling the prophesy of Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 8.17.
B.C.E. 586 — (day of month uncertain) Gәdalyah, Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 41.1ff.
B.C.E. 434 — Ezra reads Torah to Bәnei-Yisra·eil, Nәkhemyah 7.72 — 8.14.
B.C.E. 586 — This commemorates the slaying Gәdalyah (Yirmәyahu 41.1-2; Mәlakhim Beit 25.25).
Gәdalyah was appointed governor of Yәhudah by Iraq (the Babylonians) after their capture of Yәrushalayim earlier in the year.
Dawn till dusk tzom (fast), Zәkharyah 7.5; 8.19. See also Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 41.1-2; Mәlakhim Beit 25.1-2.
This is the Shabât which falls between Yom Tәruah (Rosh ha-Shanah) and Yom Kipur.
This Maphtir and Haphtarah takes precedence over the weekly Maphtir and) Haphtarah.: Hosheia 14.2-10 (not adding the Sәpharadit Mikhah 7.18-20 or Ashkәnazit Yo·eil 2.11-27).
When coinciding with Shabât Shuvah, the Haphtarat Teimanit Shabât Shuvah is recited. (See the Haphtarah there.)
When coinciding with Parashat Nitzavim, see the Haphtarah there.
Otherwise, the Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәkhezqeil 17.22 — 18.32; not the Sәpharadit and Ashkәnazit Yәshayahu 61.10 — 63.9.
B.C.E. 0007.10.01 — Second astronomical configuration confirms Beit-Lëkhëm as the birth place of the Mashiakh, The Netzarim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityahu (NHM) 2.8-9.
יום הכפור Seventhmonth 10; Special Shabât: Yom ha-Kipur; see wa-Yiqra 23.23-25).Ca. B.C.E. 519 — Zәkharyah Ben-Berekhyah Ben-Ido ha-Navi taught that obedience is better than fasting – even on this day; Zәkharyah 7.1-7.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәkhezqeil 17.22 — 18.32; not the Sәpharadit and Ashkәnazit Shmueil Beit 22.1-51.

B.C.E. 539 — Zәru-Bavel Ben-Shәa·altiyeil and Yeishua Bar-Yotzadaq keep Sukot after arriving in Yәrushalayim after the Exile in Iraq (Bavel) to rebuild the Beit-ha-Miqdâsh ha-Sheini, Ezra 1.1 with 3.1ff.
B.C.E. 434 — Ezra celebrates Sukot, Nәkhemyah 8.14-18.
29 C.E. — Yәhoshua Ben-Yoseiph Ben-Dawid has moved from the Galil to Yәrushalayim in time to keep Sukot, The Netzarim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityahu (NHM) 19.1.


B.C.E. 2458 — Teivah (corrupted to "ark") rested on Harei Ararat (the Ararat mountains) in Turkey; waters receding, bә-Reishit 8.4.

This is the Shabât which falls between Sukot and Shәmini Atzeret.



B.C.E. 521 — Khajai ha-Navi prophesies that the kavod of the Beit-ha-Miqdâsh ha-Sheini would be greater than the kavod of the Beit-ha-Miqdâsh hâ-Rishon, Khajai 2.1, 9.
Note: In Israel, Shәmini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah coincide (Seventhmonth 22). In the Galut, however, Shmini Atzeret is observed on Seventhmonth 22 while Simkhat Torah is observed the following day (Seventhmonth 23).
B.C.E. 971 — Conclusion of first Khag in Beit-ha-Miqdâsh hâ-Rishon, Divrei ha-Yamim Beit 7.10.
B.C.E. 521 — Khajai ha-Navi prophesies Zәru-Bavel Ben-Shәa·altiyeil would be like a signet ring, Khajai 2.20.
B.C.E. 434 — Ezra fasts in tәshuvah, Bәnei-Yisra·eil separate themselves from all bәnei neikhar (sons of foreigners, sons of unfamiliar) and intermarriages, Nәkhemyah 9.1.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәshayahu 42.1-16, not the Sәpharadit Yәshayahu 42.5-21 or Ashkәnazit Yәshayahu 42.5 — 43.11.
"The pre-Exilic name is Bul (Mәlakhim Aleph 6.38)… It is believed to be etymologically connected to Arahsammu, the Assyrian for 'eighth month.'" ("Marheshvan," Ency. Jud., 11.971). I hadn't noticed this before and was tipped off to this by a short Dәvar Torah in Beit-ha-Kәnësët yesterday (2005.10.29) given by Khayim Tawil, professor of ancient languages at Yeshivot University, who frequently visits his son, who lives here. Though I didn't understand it (in Hebrew, of course), Ya·eil relayed the highlights to me when we got home. Prof. Tawil had been apprised by a Mori who was staying with him for a while. Apparently, it wasn't uncommon for the mem and vav to be metathesized.
This also reinforces two principles: [1] the greater pristinity of the Yemenite tradition and [2] the antiquity of this month being the eighth month, as documented in the Bible; not the second month of a New Year.
B.C.E. 964 — (day of month undetermined) Seven years after having begun, Shlomoh ha-Melekh finishes building the Beit-ha-Miqdâsh hâ-Rishon during this month, Mәlakhim Aleph 6.38.
B.C.E. 521 — (day of month undetermined) Dәvar י--ה comes to Zәkharyah Ben-Berekhyah Ben-Ido ha-Navi answering his pleading for tәshuvah, Zәkharyah 1.1.
The Haphtarat Teimanit and Ashkәnazit is Yәshayahu 54.1 — 55.5, not the Sәpharadit Yәshayahu 54.1-10.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәshayahu 40.25 — 41.17, not the Sәpharadit and Ashkәnazit Yәshayahu 40.27 — 41.16.
c. B.C.E. 930 — During his reign (beginning in B.C.E. 933), Yaravam Ben-Nәvat seduced all of Bәnei-Yisra·eil except Yәhudah away from Beit-Dâwid into idolatry, introducing an idolatrous festival, Mәlakhim Aleph 12.32-32.
The Haphtarat Teimanit and Ashkәnazit is Mәlakhim Beit 4.1-37, not the Sәpharadit Mәlakhim Beit 4.1-23.
The Haphtarâhf is Mәlakhim Aleph 1.1-31.
B.C.E. 603 — (the day of the month uncertain) Yәhudah and Yisra·eil proclaim a tzom (fast) after Barukh Ben-Neiriyah reads the scroll of Yirmәyahu ha-Navi in the Beit-ha-Miqdâsh, Yirmәyahu 36.1-9.
28 C.E. — (day of month uncertain) Miryam's cousin, Elisheva Bat- Zәkharyah ha-Kohein (who became pregnant in Firstmonth), gives birth to Yokhanan 'ha-Matbil' Ben-Zәkharyah ha-Kohein.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Malâkhi 1.1 — 3.4, not the Sәpharadit and Ashkәnazit Malâkhi 1.1 — 2.7.
B.C.E. 519 — Zәkharyah Ben-Berekhyah Ben-Ido ha-Navi teaches that obeying Torah is better than fasting, Zәkharyah 7.1ff.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Hosheia 11.7 — 12.14, not the Sәpharadit Hosheia 11.7 — 12.12 or Ashkәnazit Hosheia 12.13 — 14.10.
The Haphtarat Teimanit and Sәpharadit is Ovadyâh, not the Ashkәnazit Hosheia 11.7 — 12.12.






The Haphtarah is Mәlakhim Aleph 3.15 — 4.1.
B.C.E. 2458 — Noakh sees the tops of mountains after the waters of the Mabul recede, bә-Reishit 8.5.
B.C.E. 480 — (day of month uncertain) Iranian king Akhashveirosh (Xerxes I) makes Esteir queen of Iran in the seventh year of his reign (B.C.E. 486-465), Esteir 2.6.
Annually — Wood offering by Ben-Adin Ben-Yәhudah family — again on the Qumran khasidim Tzәdoqim calendar.
B.C.E. 459 — Ezra appoints a Beit-Din to consider what to do about intermarriages, Ezra 10.16.


B.C.E. 575 — A refugee from Yәrushalayim comes to Yәkhezqeil ha-navi in Iraq (under the rule of Nәvu-khad-netzar), reporting to him how bad the conditions were in Yәrushalayim (Yәkhezqeil 33.21).
The Haphtarah is Yәkhezqeil 37.15-28.
B.C.E. 598 — Yәkhezqeil ha-navi given his vision of the stewpot, Yәkhezqeil 24.1.
B.C.E. 588 — Iraqi king Nәvu-khad-netzar sets siege on Yәrushalayim, Mәlakhim Beit 25.1; Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 39.1; 52.4.
Commemorates the siege of Yәrushalayim by Iraq (Bavel) (Mәlakhim Beit 25.1-2; Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 42.4ff; Yәkhezqeil 24.1-2).
B.C.E. 597 — Yәkhezqeil ha-navi prophesies against Mitzrayim, Yәkhezqeil 29.1.
B.C.E. 0007 — Third astronomical configuration confirms vigil in Beit-Lëkhëm over the house of Yәhoshua Ben-Dawid, identifying him as the Mashiakh. With this new information, the Iranian astronomer-astrologer scientists (of their day; Persian "Magi"), who had been conducting the vigil, went to visit the house and present the family with gifts. The astronomical configurations, caravanserie travel and vigil had taken over six months. Yәhoshua was born on the first astronomical configuration – 6 months and 1 week earlier, on B.C.E. 0007.05.29 (The Netzarim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityahu (NHM) 2.10-12 with notes).
The Haphtarah is Mәlakhim Aleph 2.1-12.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәkhezqeil 16.1-14, not the Sәpharadit Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 1.1 — 2.3 or Ashkәnazit Yәshayahu 27.6 –— 28.13.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәkhezqeil 28.24 — 29.21, not the Sәpharadit and Ashkәnazit Yәkhezqeil 28.25 — 29.21.
B.C.E. 1412 — Bәnei-Yisra·eil are camped on the east bank of the Nәhar Yardein, Dәvarim 1.1-3.
Note: The Haphtarat Teimanit this week is Yәshayahu 18.7 — 19.25, not the Ashkәnazi selection (Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 46.13-28).
Parashat shavua: בשלח (bә-Shalakh; in sending)
This is the Shabât coinciding with parashat Shavua bә-Shalakh.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Shophtim 4.23 — 5.31, not the Sәpharadit (5.1-31) or Ashkәnazit (4.4 — 5.31).
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Yәshayahu 6.1-13 & 9.5-6, not the Sәpharadit (6.1-13) or Ashkәnazit (6.1 — 7.6 & 9.5-6).
B.C.E. 521 — Zәkharyah Ben-Berekhyah Ben-Ido ha-Navi sees the vision of a man riding a sorrel horse among the hadas (myrtle) bushes, along with other horses: an assortment of sorrel, chestnut and white; Zәkharyah 1.7ff.
Sometime during the winter of 29-30 C.E. — Ribi Yәhoshua teaches Halakhah with his fellow rabbinic Pәrushim; he tends the ill and teaches (cf. The Netzarim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityahu (NHM) 19.3 — 20.3).
Today, the annual half-Shëqël is offered before Minkhâh and the reading of the Mәgilâh at Purim. Outside of Israel, the local half-coin is offered (half-dollar, etc.) with the proceeds going to the poor.
The Haphtarat Teimanit is Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 34.8 — 35.19, not the Sәpharadit and Ashkәnazit (34.8-22 & 33.25-26).
B.C.E. 595 — Yәkhezqeil ha-navi laments over Mitzrayim (Egypt), Yәkhezqeil 32.1.
B.C.E. 480 — Haman slanders Yәhudim to Akhashveirosh (Iranian king Xerxes I), Esteir 3.7.
29 C.E. — Ribi Yәhoshua predicts his death, soon after the collection of the half-sheqel tax for the maintenance of the Beit-ha-Miqdâsh ha-Sheini, The Netzarim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityahu (NHM) 17.22 — 18.35.
B.C.E. 517 — In the sixth year of the reign of Darius, restoration of the Beit-ha-Miqdâsh hâ-Rishon (after the Iraqi Exile) is completed, celebrating Khanukhah, Ezra 6.15-16.
The Haphtarah is Mәlakhim Aleph 5.26 — 6.13.
Twelfthmonth 13B.C.E. 479 — On this date Iranian king Akhashveirosh (Xerxes I) issues the proclamation to Haman authorizing the execution of all Yәhudim. However, in response to the plea of his Jewess Queen Esteir (Ivrit Hadasâh), King Akhashveirosh granted that the Yәhudim should arm and defend themselves. Over the next two days (13th-14,th), the Yәhudim slaughtered 500 of their enemies in Shushan, the ancient capital of Iran (Persia, land of the "magis"); as a result of which the 14th & 15th are declared commemorative holidays (Esteir 3.13-22).

This is the commemoration of the story in the book of Esteir (actually Hadasah; corrupted to 'Esther').
The parashah is Shәmot 17.8-16 (and, on the eve, the recitation of Esteir). Today, the annual half-Shëqël is offered before Minkhâh and the reading of the Mәgilâh at Purim. Outside of Israel, the local half-coin is offered (half-dollar, etc.) with the proceeds going to the poor.
During the recitation of Esteir, unlike other communities of Orthodox Jews, the Teimanim don't make noise after the name "Haman." Also, the congregation repeats aloud the following pәsuqim after the reader: 2.5; 7.10; 8.15-16 & 10.3. All of the children, and many adults, come in costumes and have a party immediately after the recitation of Ësteir (see Yael's Purim 2000 costume, click to enlarge).
Hâmân (not "HEY-man") was an Iranian Prime Minister! Start referring to the Iranian president as "Hamandinejad"! ![]()
The Haphtarah is Yәkhezqeil 43.10-27.
B.C.E. 595 — Yәkhezqeil ha-navi prophesies against Mitzrayim, Yәkhezqeil 32.17.
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The Haphtarat Teimanit is Mәlakhim Aleph 18.1-46, not the Sәpharadit Mәlakhim Aleph 18.20-39 or Ashkәnazit Mәlakhim Aleph 18.1-39.
The Haphtarat Teimanit and Sәpharadit is Mәlakhim Aleph 7.13-26, not the Ashkәnazit Mәlakhim Aleph 7.51 — 8.21. (When two parashot are combined, the Haphtarah for the second parashah takes precedence.)
The Haphtarat Teimanit and Sәpharadit is Mәlakhim Aleph 7.40-50 (which the Sәpharadim also follow), not the Ashkәnazit Mәlakhim Aleph 7.51 — 8.21. (When two parashot are combined, the Haphtarah for the second parashah takes precedence.)
B.C.E. 550 — In his 37th year of imprisonment, Yәhoyakhin, king of Yәhudah, is given a reprieve by Iraqi king Ëvil Mәrodakh, Mәlakhim Beit 25.27; Yirmәyahu ha-Navi 52.31.
B.C.E. ca. 2459 — On this day, receding water levels after the Mabul permit removing the roof of the teivah (box, corrupted to "ark"), bә-Reishit 8.13.
B.C.E. ca. 1466 to 1449 — (the year following the Yәtziah, which occurred ca. 1467 to 1450) the Mishkan was erected at the foot of Har Karkom (=Har Sinai) in the Israeli Negev, Shәmot 40.2, 17.
B.C.E. ca. 1449, during this month — Bәnei-Yisra·eil journeyed to Qadeish, in Midbar Tzin, in the Israeli Negev (30 km S of modern-day Dimona). There, Miryam died and was buried. Also, Bәnei-Yisra·eil rebelled over the lack of water, bә-Midbar 20.1-2.
B.C.E. 718 — In the first year of his reign, Yәkhizqiyahu, began to sanctify the Beit-י--ה, the Qodesh, Divrei ha-Yamim Beit 29.3, 17.
B.C.E. 568 — Yәkhezqeil ha-navi prophesies that Bavel will conquer Mitzrayim (Egypt), Yәkhezqeil ha-navi 29.17.
B.C.E. 459 — In seventh year of his reign, Iranian king Artakhshast (Artaxerxes I, reigned 465-453) proclaims freedom of religion for Yәhudim in, and freedom to return to, Yәhudah and Yәrushalayim, Ezra 7.1, 8.
B.C.E. 458 — Ezra's Beit-Din reaches decision on what to do concerning intermarriage: they sent their foreign wives away and offered a ram, Ezra 10.17.
B.C.E. 0005, during this month — Elisheva Bat- Zәkharyah ha-Kohein, cousin of Miryam (mother of Ribi Yәhoshua), becomes pregnant with Yokhanan 'ha-Matbil' Ben-Zәkharyah ha-Kohein.
Annually — Wood Offering by the Ben-Arakh Ben-Yәhudah family (on the Qumran khasidim Tzәdoqim calendar).
Annually in Messianic Age — Yәkhezqeil ha-navi prophesies that on this date a whole yearling calf is to be sacrificed to make a khata·ah for the Beit-