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January 2002
Shevat 5762
(begins Jan 14)
The zodiacal sign of Shevat is Aquarius and it is linked with the tribe of Reuben. It consists of 30 days, with the 1st of the month never falling on Sunday or Friday.
Theme: forgiveness and cleansing
January 2002
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
17th of Tevet |
2
18th of Tevet |
3
19th of Tevet |
4
20th of Tevet |
5
21st of Tevet Parashat Shemot |
||
| 6
22nd of Tevet |
7
23rd of Tevet |
8
24th of Tevet |
9
25th of Tevet |
10
26th of Tevet |
11
27th of Tevet |
12
28th of Tevet Parashat Vaera |
| 13
29th of Tevet |
14
1st of Sh'vat Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat |
15
2nd of Sh'vat |
16
3rd of Sh'vat |
17
4th of Sh'vat |
18
5th of Sh'vat |
19
6th of Sh'vat Parashat Bo |
| 20
7th of Sh'vat |
21
8th of Sh'vat |
22
9th of Sh'vat |
23
10th of Sh'vat |
24
11th of Sh'vat |
25
12th of Sh'vat |
26
13th of Sh'vat Parashat Beshalach |
| 27
14th of Sh'vat |
28
15th of Sh'vat Tu B'Shvat |
29
16th of Sh'vat |
30
17th of Sh'vat |
31
18th of Sh'vat |
||
Dates of Interest:
January 3, 2002 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
January 9, 2002 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Neptune
January 14, 2002 - 1st of Sh'vat, 5762 - Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat
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 24, 2002 - Moon Occults Saturn
January 25, 2002 - Venus Passes 1.3 Degrees From Neptune
January 26, 2002 - Moon Occults Jupiter; Mercury Passes 4.4 Degrees From Venus; Mercury Passes 3.2 Degrees From Neptune
January 28, 2002 - 15th of Sh'vat, 5762 Tu B'Shvat (New Year for Trees)
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