SIVAN

'Sivan' (Hebrew: 'סִיוָן', Standard ''Sivan'' Tiberian '' ; from Akkadian '', meaning "Season; time") is the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a spring month of 30 days. Sivan usually falls in May–June on the Gregorian calendar.

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Holidays in Sivan

This Month in Jewish History

People named Sivan

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Holidays in Sivan

★ Shavuot - Sivan 6, though in Karaite Judaism the exact date varies

This Month in Jewish History

'1 Sivan' - (2105 BCE) - Flood Waters Recede


★ 150 days after the rains stopped falling in the Great Flood, the raging waters which covered the face of the earth calmed and began to subside at the rate of one cubit every four days (Genesis 8:3; Rashi, ibid. See "Today in Jewish History" for Cheshvan 17.)

'1 Sivan' - (1096) - Worms Jews Massacred


★ At the end of a week in which a group Jews took refuge in a local castle in Worms, Germany, the crusaders massacred them during their morning prayers. (see "This Month in Jewish History" for 'Iyar 8'.)

'6 Sivan' - (1760) - Death of Baal Shem Tov


★ Baal Shem Tov (b.1700) was the founder of the Hasidic movement in Judaism.

'13 Sivan' - (1648) - Chmeilnicki Massacres


★ In Poland. Some consider it a minor fast day.

'17 Sivan' - (2105 BCE) - Ark Comes to Rest


★ Noah's ark comes to rest. Gen 8:4 - check source.

'20 Sivan' - (1171) - Martyrs of Blois


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'27 Sivan' - (1790) - Purim of Florence


★ Jews of Florence saved from a mob.

People named Sivan

★ Eyal Sivan, Israeli film maker (
★ 1964)

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'References'

★ Source for "This Month in Jewish History"