April 2002
Iyyar
(begins Apr 13)
The zodiacal sign of this month is Taurus. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasheh, the children of Joseph, are associated with it. It consists of 29 days. The first of Iyyar never falls on Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday.
Theme: sacrifice for Israel and the nations
April 2002
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
19th of Nisan Pesach V (CH''M) 4th day of the Omer |
2
20th of Nisan Pesach VI (CH''M) 5th day of the Omer |
3
21st of Nisan Pesach VII 6th day of the Omer |
4
22nd of Nisan Pesach VIII 7th day of the Omer |
5
23rd of Nisan 8th day of the Omer |
6
24th of Nisan Parashat Shmini 9th day of the Omer |
|
| 7
25th of Nisan 10th day of the Omer |
8
26th of Nisan 11th day of the Omer |
9
27th of Nisan Yom HaShoah 12th day of the Omer |
10
28th of Nisan 13th day of the Omer |
11
29th of Nisan 14th day of the Omer |
12
30th of Nisan Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 15th day of the Omer |
13
1st of Iyyar Parashat Tazria-Metzora Rosh Chodesh Iyyar 16th day of the Omer |
| 14
2nd of Iyyar 17th day of the Omer |
15
3rd of Iyyar 18th day of the Omer |
16
4th of Iyyar Yom HaZikaron 19th day of the Omer |
17
5th of Iyyar Yom HaAtzma'ut 20th day of the Omer |
18
6th of Iyyar 21st day of the Omer |
19
7th of Iyyar 22nd day of the Omer |
20
8th of Iyyar Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim 23rd day of the Omer |
| 21
9th of Iyyar 24th day of the Omer |
22
10th of Iyyar 25th day of the Omer |
23
11th of Iyyar 26th day of the Omer |
24
12th of Iyyar 27th day of the Omer |
25
13th of Iyyar 28th day of the Omer |
26
14th of Iyyar 29th day of the Omer |
27
15th of Iyyar Parashat Emor 30th day of the Omer |
| 28
16th of Iyyar 31st day of the Omer |
29
17th of Iyyar 32nd day of the Omer |
30
18th of Iyyar Lag B'Omer 33rd day of the Omer |
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Dates of Interest:
April 3, 2002 - 21 Nisan 2448 - The traditional date for the parting of Red Sea for the Israelites on their way from Egypt.
April 10, 2002 - 28 Nisan 2488 (April 14 1282 BCE): Traditional date marking the fall of the walls of Jericho.
April 11, 1909: Tel Aviv, the first modern Jewish city, is founded on the sand dunes north of Jaffa with the building of 60 houses. The actual name Tel Aviv was given only the next year (Hill of Spring) and was taken from a Babylonian city (Ezekiel 3:15) and used by Nahum Sokolow as the title for his translation of Herzl's book Altneuland.
April 13, 2002 - 1st of Iyyar, 5762 - Rosh Chodesh Iyyar
April 13, 2002 - 1 Iyyar 2448 (April 17, 1313 BCE): According to tradition, this was the date of the first population survey of the Israelite people taken by Moses.
April 14, 2002 - 2 Iyyar 2928 (April 18, 833 BCE): Traditional date on which King Solomon began building the Temple in Jerusalem.
April 14, 1859: In Galatz, Rumania, Jews were accused of taking blood from a Christian child (for the baking of matzos) though not of killing him. Fifteen "culprits" are arrested. The next day a mob broke into the synagogue, killing some of the worshipers, destroying some fifty scrolls and demolishing the synagogue. The 15 were soon released with no convictions, yet the government refused to allow the synagogue to be rebuilt for nearly 20 years.
April 15, 1916: France and Britain divide up the Middle East in the Sykes-Picot Agreement. France was assured of Syria and the Mousl, with English control of Northern Arabia and Central Mesopotamia. Pre-state Israel was divided with France controlling the Galilee, Britain the Haifa area and the rest of the country under international control.
April 16, 2002 - 4th of Iyyar, 5762 - Yom HaZikaron; Moon Occults Saturn
April 17, 2002 - 5th of Iyyar, 5762 - Yom HaAtzma'ut
April 19th is one of the blackest days on the Jewish calendar. From the 11th (1014) through the 20th (1903) century, this date is remembered for the atrocities which took place. (Source: The Hagshama Department The World Zionist Organization, http://www.wzo.org.il):
 | 1014: In 1013, the Civil War in Spain broke out between Arabs and Berbers. This resulted in the first Jewish massacre in Cordoba in April 1014, and the subsequent decline of the community both in population and importance. |
| 1283: In Mayence (Mainz), Germany, as a result of a ritual murder accusation (blood libel), thirty-six Jews were slain. |
| 1343: A massacre in Wachenheim, Germany which began before Easter, soon spread to surrounding communities. |
| 1506: During a service at St. Dominics Church in Lisbon, Portugal, some of the people thought they saw a vision on one of the statues. Outside, a newly converted Jew-turned-Christian raised doubts about the "miracle." He was literally torn to pieces and then burnt. The crowd led by two Dominican monks proceeded to ransack Jewish houses and kill any Jews they could find. During the next few days, countrymen hearing about the massacre came to Lisbon to join in. Over two thousand Jews were killed during these three days (April 19-21). |
| 1566: Pope Pious V, three months into his reign , rejected the leniences of his predecessor and reinvoked all the restrictions of Paul IV. These included being forced to wear a special cap, the prohibitions against owning real estate and practicing medicine on Christians. Communities were not allowed to have more than one synagogue and Jews were confined to a cramped ghetto. |
| 1903: Riots broke out after a Christian child was found murdered in Kishinev (Bessarabia). The mobs were incited by Pavolachi Krusheven, the editor of the anti-Semitic Newspaper Bessarabetz and the vice governor Ustrugov. Vyacheslav Von Plehev, the Minister of Interior supposedly gave orders not to stop the rioters. The Jews were accused of ritual murder. During the three days of rioting, 47 Jews were killed, 92 severely wounded , 500 slightly wounded and over 700 houses destroyed. Despite a world outcry, only two men were sentenced to seven and five years in prison, and twenty-two were sentenced for one or two years. This progrom was instrumental in convincing tens of thousands of Russian Jews to leave to the West and to Eretz-Israel. The child was later discovered to have been killed by a relative. |
April 22, 2002 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
April 30, 2002 - 18th of Iyyar, 5762 - Lag B'Omer (33rd day of the Omer)
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