The zodiacal sign for this month is Gemini. The associated tribe is Benjamin. It consists of 30 days with the 1st of the month never falling on Monday, Thursday, or the Sabbath.
Theme: sorrow and strength; war and strife
May 2001 / Sivan 5761
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| May
23
45th day of the Omer Sivan 1 |
May
24
46th day of the Omer |
25
47th day of the Omer |
May
26
48th day of the Omer |
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| 27
49th day of the Omer |
May
28
Sivan 6
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29 | 30 | 31 |
Jun 2001 / Sivan 5761
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| 1 | Jun
2
Sivan 11 |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Jun
9
Sivan 18 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Jun
16
Sivan 25 |
| 17 | 18 | Jun
19 |
20 | 21
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May 23, 2001 - New Moon (Rosh Chodesh) - Sivan 1; Moon Occults Saturn
May 28, 2001 - Shavuot (Feast of Weeks/Pentecost) - Sivan 6
June 19, 1269: Louis IX (Saint Louis) of France ordered all Jews found in public without a badge (yellow or red) to be fined ten livres of silver. The badge in France was usually a circle of red or yellow material and was known as a "rouelle". The original badge was actually Moslem in origin (Caliph Omar II (717-20)) who decreed that both Jews and Christians wear a distinguishing mark. The "badge" took on different shapes colors and even dress (i.e. a hat or color of a dress) depending on the country. (Source: "This Week in Jewish History"; adapted from "Beyond Time and History" by Eli Birnbaum)