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Tevet 5761
Dec 2000 - Jan 2001

The zodiacal sign of this month is Capricorn.  The tribe of Gad is associated with Tevet.  It consists of 29 days with the 1st of the month never falling on Thursday or the Sabbath.

Theme: conquering strength; power to
overcome enemies; fortune and blessings.

December 2000 / Tevet 5761

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Dec 27

Tevet 1
Rosh Chodesh

28 29 Dec 30

Tevet 4
Parashat Miketz

31

 

January 2001 / Tevet 5761

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 Jan 3

Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak

4 Jan 5

Tevet 10
Fast of Tevet 10

Jan 6

Tevet 11
Parashat Vayigash

7 8 Jan 9

Lunar Eclipse

10 11 12 Jan 13

Tevet 18
Parashat Vayechi

Jan 14 15 16 17 18 19 Jan 20

Tevet 25
Parashat Shemot

Jan 21 Jan 22 23 24

 

December 27, 2000 - New Moon - Tevet 1

January 3, 2001 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak

January 5, 2001 - Fast of Tevet 10 - Tevet 10
(Fast to commemorate the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar)

January 9, 2001 - Lunar Eclipse

January 14, 2001 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degress From Neptune

January 21, 1882 - Bilu (Hebrew initials of Beit Ya'akov Lekhu ve-Nelkhah; "House of Jacob, come ye and let us go," Isa. 2:5) was initiated by a fast on this day as an organized group of young Russian Jews pioneered the modern return to Erez Israel. "Bilu was a reaction to the 1881 pogroms in southern Russia, when the ideology of Jewish nationalism began to replace that of assimilation, which was prevalent among the youth." (Source: Encyclopedia Judaica)

January 22, 2001 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Uranus

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