20 July 2025
Shalom Aleichem,
בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם: אָמֵן וְאָמֵן
Baruch יהוה le olam, amen wa amen.
Bless יהוה forever. Amen and Amen.
Tehillim (Psalms) 89:53
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Fifth New Moon in Miqra
- Bamidbar (Numbers) 33:38
- Melachim II (2 Kings) 25:8
- Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles) 27:8
- Ezra 7:8-9
- Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 1:3, 28:1, 52:12
- Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 20:1
- Zechariah 7:3, 7:5, 8:19
May יהוה be with you,
Ya’aqov Meyer
Fifth New Moon References
Bamidbar (Numbers) 33:38
וַיַּעַל֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶל־הֹ֥ר הָהָ֛ר עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּ֣מָת שָׁ֑ם בִּשְׁנַ֣ת הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֗ים לְצֵ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֖י בְּאֶחָ֥ד לַחֹֽדֶשׁ׃
way·ya·‘al ’a·hă·rōn hak·kō·hên ’el- hōr hā·hār ‘al- pî Yah·weh way·yā·māṯ šām; biš·naṯ hā·’ar·bā·‘îm, lə·ṣêṯ bə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl mê·’e·reṣ miṣ·ra·yim, ba·ḥō·ḏeš ha·ḥă·mî·šî bə·’e·ḥāḏ la·ḥō·ḏeš.
And Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of יהוה, and died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
Melachim II (2 Kings) 25:8
וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ בְּשִׁבְעָ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ הִ֗יא שְׁנַת֙ תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֑ל בָּ֞א נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֧ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֛ים עֶ֥בֶד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
ū·ḇa·ḥō·ḏeš ha·ḥă·mî·šî bə·šiḇ·‘āh la·ḥō·ḏeš, hî, šə·naṯ tə·ša‘- ‘eś·rêh šā·nāh, lam·me·leḵ nə·ḇu·ḵaḏ·neṣ·ṣar me·leḵ- bā·ḇel; bā nə·ḇū·zar·’ă·ḏān raḇ- ṭab·bā·ḥîm ‘e·ḇeḏ me·leḵ- bā·ḇel yə·rū·šā·lim.
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles) 27:8
הַחַמִישִׁי֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֔י הַשַּׂ֖ר שַׁמְה֣וּת הַיִּזְרָ֑ח וְעַל֙ מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף׃
ha·ḥa·mî·šî la·ḥō·ḏeš ha·ḥă·mî·šî, haś·śar šam·hūṯ hay·yiz·rāḥ; wə·‘al ma·ḥă·luq·tōw, ‘eś·rîm wə·’ar·bā·‘āh ’ā·lep̄.
The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
Ezra 7:8
וַיָּבֹ֥א יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֑י הִ֛יא שְׁנַ֥ת הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖ית לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
way·yā·ḇō, yə·rū·šā·lim, ba·ḥō·ḏeš, ha·ḥă·mî·šî;, hî, šə·naṯ, haš·šə·ḇî·‘îṯ, lam·me·leḵ.
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Ezra 7:9
כִּ֗י בְּאֶחָד֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן ה֣וּא יְסֻ֔ד הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה מִבָּבֶ֑ל וּבְאֶחָ֞ד לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֗י בָּ֚א אֶל־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם כְּיַד־אֱלֹהָ֖יו הַטּוֹבָ֥ה עָלָֽיו׃
kî, bə·’e·ḥāḏ la·ḥō·ḏeš hā·ri·šō·wn, hū yə·suḏ, ham·ma·‘ă·lāh mib·bā·ḇel; ū·ḇə·’e·ḥāḏ la·ḥō·ḏeš ha·ḥă·mî·šî, bā ’el- yə·rū·šā·lim, kə·yaḏ- ’ĕ·lō·hāw haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh ‘ā·lāw.
For on the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived in Jerusalem, because the good hand of his Elohim was upon him.
Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 1:3
וַיְהִ֗י בִּימֵ֨י יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה עַד־תֹּם֙ עַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ בֶן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה עַד־גְּל֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִֽׁי׃
way·hî, bî·mê, yə·hō·w·yā·qîm, ben-, yō·šî·yā·hū, me·leḵ, yə·hū·ḏāh, ‘aḏ-, tōm, ‘aš·tê, ‘eś·rêh, šā·nāh, lə·ṣiḏ·qî·yā·hū, ḇen-, yō·šî·yā·hū, me·leḵ, yə·hū·ḏāh; ‘aḏ-, gə·lō·wṯ, yə·rū·šā·lim, ba·ḥō·ḏeš, ha·ḥă·mî·šî.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 28:1
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַהִ֗יא בְּרֵאשִׁית֙ מַמְלֶ֙כֶת֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֔ה בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֑י אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֡י חֲנַנְיָה֩ בֶן־עַזּ֨וּר הַנָּבִ֜יא אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִגִּבְעוֹן֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה לְעֵינֵ֧י הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃
way·hî, baš·šā·nāh, ha·hî, bə·rê·šîṯ, mam·le·ḵeṯ, ṣiḏ·qî·yāh, me·leḵ-, yə·hū·ḏāh, biš·naṯ, baš·šā·nāh, hā·rə·ḇi·‘îṯ, ba·ḥō·ḏeš, ha·ḥă·mî·šî; ’ā·mar, ’ê·lay, ḥă·nan·yāh, ḇen-, ‘az·zūr, han·nā·ḇî, ’ă·šer, mig·giḇ·‘ō·wn, bə·ḇêṯ, Yahweh, lə·‘ê·nê, hak·kō·hă·nîm, wə·ḵāl, hā·‘ām, lê·mōr.
And it came to pass in that year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of יהוה, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying.
Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 52:12
וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ הִ֗יא שְׁנַת֙ תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֑ל בָּ֗א נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ רַב־טַבָּחִ֔ים עָמַ֛ד לִפְנֵ֥י מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
ū·ḇa·ḥō·ḏeš, ha·ḥă·mî·šî, be·‘ā·śō·wr, la·ḥō·ḏeš, hî, šə·naṯ, tə·ša‘-, ‘eś·rêh, šā·nāh, lam·me·leḵ, nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·reṣ·ṣar, me·leḵ-, bā·ḇel; bā, nə·ḇū·zar·’ă·ḏān, raḇ-, ṭab·bā·ḥîm, ‘ā·maḏ, lip̄·nê, me·leḵ-, bā·ḇel, bî·rū·šā·lim.
And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month—it was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 20:1
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ית בַּֽחֲמִשִׁי֙ בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ בָּ֧אוּ אֲנָשִׁ֛ים מִזִּקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ לְפָנָֽי׃
way·hî, baš·šā·nāh, haš·šə·ḇî·‘îṯ, ba·ḥă·mi·šî, be·‘ā·śō·wr, la·ḥō·ḏeš, bā·’ū, ’ă·nā·šîm, miz·ziq·nê, yiś·rā·’êl, liḏ·rōš, ’eṯ-, Yah·weh, way·yê·šə·ḇū, lə·p̄ā·nāy.
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of יהוה, and they sat before me.
Zechariah 7:3
לֵאמֹ֗ר אֶל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ לְבֵית־יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְאֶל־הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר הַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִשִׁ֔י הִנָּזֵ֕ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי זֶ֖ה כַּמֶּ֥ה שָׁנִֽים׃
lê·mōr, ’el- hak·kō·hă·nîm ’ă·šer lə·ḇêṯ- Yahweh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ, wə·’el- han·nə·ḇî·’îm lê·mōr; ha·’eḇ·keh ba·ḥō·ḏeš ha·ḥă·mi·šî, hin·nā·zêr ka·’ă·šer ‘ā·śî·ṯî, zeh kam·meh šā·nîm.
and to ask the priests who are at the house of יהוה of hosts, and the prophets, saying, ‘Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?’
Zechariah 7:5
אֱמֹר֙ אֶל־כָּל־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כִּֽי־צַמְתֶּ֨ם וְסָפ֜וֹד בַּחֲמִישִׁ֣י וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וְזֶה֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה הֲצ֥וֹם צַמְתֻּ֖נִי אָֽנִי׃
’ĕ·mōr ’el- kāl- ‘am hā·’ā·reṣ, wə·’el- hak·kō·hă·nîm lê·mōr; kî- ṣam·tem wə·sā·p̄ō·wḏ ba·ḥă·mî·šî ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇî·‘î, wə·zeh šiḇ·‘îm šā·nāh, hă·ṣō·wm ṣam·tu·nî ’ā·nî.
Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying: ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?’
Zechariah 8:19
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת צ֣וֹם הָרְבִיעִ֡י וְצ֣וֹם הַחֲמִישִׁי֩ וְצ֨וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י וְצ֣וֹם הָעֲשִׂירִ֗י יִהְיֶ֤ה לְבֵית־יְהוּדָה֙ לְשָׂשׂ֣וֹן וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּֽלְמֹעֲדִ֖ים טוֹבִ֑ים וְהָאֱמֶ֥ת וְהַשָּׁל֖וֹם אֱהָֽבוּ׃
kōh- ’ā·mar Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ, ṣō·wm hā·rə·ḇî·‘î wə·ṣō·wm ha·ḥă·mî·šî wə·ṣō·wm haš·šə·ḇî·‘î wə·ṣō·wm hā·‘ă·śî·rî, yih·yeh lə·ḇêṯ- yə·hū·ḏāh lə·śā·śō·wn ū·lə·śim·ḥāh, ū·lə·mō·‘ă·ḏîm ṭō·w·ḇîm; wə·hā·’ĕ·meṯ wə·haš·šā·lō·wm ’ĕ·hā·ḇū.
Thus says יהוה of hosts: The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore, love truth and peace.