"Sivan" the month of our wedding!
"The Month of Sivan"
This month is recognized primarily for the great holiday "Shavuot," which also has four names:
-Harvest Festival (Jag haKatzir) As expressed in Shemot- Exodus 23-16 "And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of your labor which you have sown in the field"
-The Feast of Weeks (Hag Shavuot) As it says in (Shemot-Exo. 34-22) "And you shall keep the festival of Shavuot for yourself, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest.", Deut. 16-10 "You shall celebrate the festival of Shavuot to G-d your Lord"
-The day of firstfruits (Yom Habikurim) As expressed in Numbers 28-26 "On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a new offering"
-Day of containment (Yom Atzeret) Name with which the Sages refer to her.
But what is the most special event of this month?
The Torah refers to this month as the third month, (Shemot- Exodus 19:1) For it is the third counting from Nisan, the head of the months according to the Torah.
The Torah tells us in Shemot: "In the third month after the exodus of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, on that day they arrived at the desert of Sinai.
The Sages explain "On that day" on the first of Sivan, they camped in the Sinai desert ready to receive the Blessed Torah., (Shemot -Exodus 19:2), We learn here that the level of unity between all of them was so great that it could be considered as one man with one heart.
"It is only possible to merit the Torah when the entire people of Israel are united by true love, companionship, peace and harmony! , just as marriage "can only be maintained if only peace and love reign", Likewise, the Torah! Being the means of commitment between Hashem, Blessed be He, and Israel, can only be received if these conditions prevail.
The Torah is described as: "Morasha", Which means: Inheritance, (Debarim-deuteronomy 33:4) The Jajamim explain: Do not read מורשה Morasha=inheritance, But read: Meorasa "Your Fiancée"
Likewise, our Sages comment that marriage and the development of the "Shalom Bayit" (Peace in the home) It is nothing more than a practice in this world to develop "True love, humility, andto Emuna which is also "Faithfulness".
May Hashem grant that these days each of us may elevate our "midot" (qualities) to the highest possible level, having a great sincere love for one's neighbor, Forgiveness, Mercy and much Humility, and we can reach Jag Shavuot and live "Matan Torah" (The reception of the Torah) and very soon the "True" new covenant will be fulfilled in our people: Yermiyahu-Jeremiah 31:31-35 "But this covenant I will make with the house of Israel.... I will put my Torah in their inward parts and write it on their hearts, one man will not teach his brother saying, "Know the Eternal One", For All will know me..."
Jodesh Tob! Wishing you The Garden of Breslev.
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