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... As the first copies of this TT "hit the stands", so to speak, the last opportunity for Kiddush L'vana just past. We will be benching Rosh Chodesh, IY"H, next Shabbat. Solet's take a look at some of the dates in Cheshvan coming up. 17 Cheshvan - more than 4100 years ago, the MABUL began. Also the date, according to the mishna in Taanit, that if it hasn't rained by that date (this year, it already has), individuals would accept fast days upon themselves to ask for beneficial rain in a more serious manner. 19 Cheshvan, according to the AR'I z"l is the date on which Kayin killed Hevel. This makes 19 Cheshvan the anniversary of the world's first death, first murder, and the oldest yahrzeit possible. (Others dispute the timing of Hevel's death.) [The
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