19 April 2026
Shalom Aleichem,
יְהִי שֵׁם יהוה מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד-עוֹלָֽם
Yehi shem יהוה mevorakh me’atah ve’ad-‘olam
Let the name of יהוה be blessed from now and to eternity.
Tehillim (Psalms) 113:2
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Third New Moon Mentioned in Miqra
- Shemot (Exodus) 19:1
- Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles) 27:5
- Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles) 15:10, 31:7
- Esther 8:9
- Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 31:1
Moedim
- Shavuot: May 24, 2026
May יהוה be with you,
Ya’aqov Meyer
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי • The Third Month (Sivan)
Shemot (Exodus) 19:1
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְצֵאת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָי
ba-chodesh ha-shelishi le-tzeit bnei yisrael me-eretz mitzrayim ba-yom ha-zeh ba’u midbar sinai
In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai
Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles) 27:5
הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּן יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן רֹאשׁ וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אָלֶף
ha-shelishi la-chodesh ha-shelishi benayahu ben yehoyada ha-kohen rosh ve-al machalukto esrim ve-arba’ah alef
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand
Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles) 15:10
וַיִּקָּבְצוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לִשְׁנַת חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה לְמַלְכוּת אָסָא
vayikkavtzu yerushalayim ba-chodesh ha-shelishi lishnat chamesh esreh le-malkhut asa
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa
Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles) 31:7
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הֵחֵלּוּ לְיַסֵּד הָעֲרֵמוֹת וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי כִּלּוּ
ba-chodesh ha-shelishi hechellu le-yassed ha-aremot u-va-chodesh ha-shevi’i killu
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month
Esther 8:9
וַיִּקָּרְאוּ סֹפְרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּעֵת הַהִיא בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים בּוֹ
vayikkare’u sofre ha-melech ba’et ha-hi ba-chodesh ha-shelishi hu chodesh sivan bi-shloshah ve-esrim bo
Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof
Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 31:1
וַיְהִי בְּעַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר
vay’hi be’ashtei esreh shanah ba-shelishi be’echad la-chodesh hayah dvar hashem elai lemor
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of יהוה came unto me, sayin


