Tamuz: Resources For the Hebrew Month of Tamuz

Rosh Chodesh Sivan this year (2009) is on Monday and Tuesday, June 22nd and 23rd

The Month of Tamuz According to the Book of Formation (Sefer Yetzirah)

The Appearance of Moses in Every Generation

The End of Tragedy

Tamuz was the name of a Babylonian form of idolatry. Its role was to awaken the sense of tragedy in people. Despite the 3 weeks of mourning that occur during the month of Tamuz and the beginning of the destruction of the Temple, the month of Tamuz is actually the month of anti-tragedy. Read here...

Notable Dates in Tamuz

1 Tamuz - 2nd day Rosh Chodesh
2 Tamuz - Yahrzeit of Rebbe Nachman of Horodonka
3 Tamuz - Yahrzeit of Lubavitcher Rebbe
9 Tamuz - Yahrzeit of the Shefa Chaim, Rabbi Yekutiel Yehudah of Sanz-Kloisenberg (5754/1994)
12 Tamuz - Birthday of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (5640/1880)
13 Tamuz - Liberation of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe
15 Tamuz - Yahrzeit of the Or Hachayim, Rabbi Chaim ben Attar (5503/1743)
17 Tamuz - Fast Day and beginning of Three Weeks
22 Tamuz - Yahrzeit of Rebbe Shlomo of Karlin
23 Tamuz - Yahrzeit of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, the Ramak