WORD OF THE MONTH

A weekly feature of Torah Tidbits to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, thereby better fulfilling the mitzva of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem...

A weekly feature of Torah Tidbits to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, thereby better fulfilling the mitzva of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem...

21 Adar - 109th yahrzeit of R' Yitzchak Elchanan Spector of Kovno, for whom Yeshiva University and its Rabbinical school were named.

23 - 139th yahrzeit of the Chidushei HaRim, R' Yitzchak Meir b. Yisrael of Gur.

This Shabbat is the 4th of 5 Shabbatot this month. And how often does a month have 5 Shabbatot, you ask? As often as a 29-day month begins on Shabbat or a 30-day month begins on Shabbat or Friday. Let's take 19-year chunks of time. That's 235 months during which 51 or 52 will have 5 Shabbatot. That's close to 22% of the time.

Tevet, Tammuz, and Elul never have 5 Shabbatot. Av seems to have them slightly more often than other months. Next comes Tishrei and Shvat. And then Cheshvan, Kislev, Adar, Nissan, Iyar, and Sivan. So now you know. You asked, remember?

In case you were trying to remember... we had a Triple Purim & Shabbat Erev Pesach 4 yrs. ago, 7 before that, 13,4,3,20,4,20

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