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 * JEWEL: Tentative Jewel master schedule **

(thank you to TMTer Oded Tzori for helping put this together) **Yom Rishon, Alef Sivan, Tash’av**  יום ראשון, א' סיון תשע"ו || Yom Sheini (2nd Day, Mo) Yom Shlishi (3rd Day, Tu) Yom Revii (4th Day, We) Yom Hamishi (5th Day, Th) Yom Shishi (6th Day, F) Yom Shabbat (Sat) || //The Hebrew months actually have Babylonian origins and meanings:// Tishre Heshvan Kislev Tevet Shvat Adar Nisan Iyar Tamuz Av Elul || //The Jewish year is also figured out from Gematria (see Day of the month below first). When we continue past the values needed for the date, when have:// Mem – 40 Nun – 50 Samekh – 60 Ayin – 70 Pey – 80 Tzadi – 90 Kuf -100 Reysh – 200 Shin – 300 Tav – 400
 * HOW TO READ THE JEWISH CALENDAR **
 * מה התאריך ** MA HA’TA-ARIKH – WHAT IS THE DATE? ** ||
 * Example: Sunday, 1st Sivan, 5776
 * **DAY OF THE WEEK** || **MONTH** || תשע"ו **YEAR – 5776** ||
 * **Yom Rishon** (1st Day, Su)
 * Sivan**

//For the year 5775// 5000 – is implied (would be many letters) 700 – 400 + 300 – Tav, Shin 75 – Ayin Hey

//HENCE:// Hence the Holiday “Tu B’Shvat” is actually the “15th” of the month of Shvat: Tet Vav = 15 || Ever wondered why Jews use multiples of 18 to write gift checks (eg. Bar/Bat Mitzvah or Wedding?). Well the word “Chai” – which means life/alive is written Het –Yud. In Gematria, Yud – Het has the value of 18! Hence the tradition of giving ‘life’ in multiples of 18. || e ** THE ****HOLIDAY CYCLE**
 * Tav – Shin – Ayin – vav (pronounced Tashav)** ||
 * **DAY OF THE MONTH** ||
 * For the date we do not use regular numbers but //Gematria//. Gematria counts using letters.
 * 1) a. 1-10 are the first 10 letters of the alphabet **(alef**, bet, gimel, dalet, hey, vav, zayin, het, tet, yud).
 * 2) b. For 11-19 the 10th letter “Yud” is combined with the letters for 1-9 (yud alef, yud bet, yud gimel etc).*
 * 3) c. For 20-29 the 11th letter “Kaf” is combined with the letters for 1-9 (kaf alef, kaf bet, kaf gimel etc.
 * 4) d. 30-39 use “Lamed” etc. (lamed alef, lamed bet, lamed gimel etc.).
 * 2 exceptions occur with 15 and 16 because Yud Hey and Yud Vav spell out God’s name. So instead we combine 9 and 6, and 9 and 7 hence Tet Vav is 15, and Tet Zayin is 16. Then the regular pattern returns.
 * **//WHY DO JEWS LIKE MULTIPLES OF 18??//**

Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, and Simhat Torah || Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Lag B’Omer Yom Yerushalyim ||
 * **Jewish Month** || **Approximate Secular Date** || **This Month’s Special Dates** ||
 * Tishrei || September–October || The High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur)
 * Heshvan || October–November || Sigd ||
 * Kislev || November–December || Hanukkah ||
 * Tevet || December–January || Conclusion of Hannukah ||
 * Shevat || January–February || Tu B’Shvat ||
 * Adar || February–March || Purim ||
 * Nisan || March–April || Passover, Yom Ha’Shoah ||
 * Iyar || April–May || Yom HaZikaron,
 * Sivan || May–June || Shavuot ||
 * Tammuz || June–July ||  ||
 * Av || July–August || Tisha B’Av ||
 * Elul || August–September || Sounding of the Shofar ||