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The Zodiac of Sivan - Gemini

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Rabbi Aaron L Raskin

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[Music] the zodiac of the month of sivan the third month of the year what is the meaning of sivan and the number of the third month and the zodiac and the letter the tribe of the month the limb of the month the attribute of the month and to understand the permutation of the month first and foremost the month of sivan is called sivan what is sivan mean so there are two basic interpretations one is that the samach gets exchanged for the zion there are five organs of articulation and therefore the 22 letters of the hebrew alphabet are categorized in each of those sections and in one of the sections of articulation you have the section of shedets and they're the zion and the sama could be exchanged one for the other so instead of calling it the month of sivan we can call the month of zivan which means the month of razor the rays of the torah and the light of the torah that was brought into the world in this month the month of the giving of the torah another interpretation for sivan is that the word sivan itself means to see which means the revelation of sinai when we saw god giving us the torah that is the month of siva the month of the rays of the lights of the revelation of the torah what is the number of the month it's the third month of the year beginning from nissan which is the first month of the year

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  2. 3:08insight and he says it's really the concept of unity in the midst of diversity in
  3. 6:45what is the twin of this month there are many ways to understand this number one
  4. 9:59and furthermore the first five commandments are the laws between man and god the second five
  5. 13:46what is the connection between the fedex beauty and the torah one of the answers to
  6. 16:54hisaka would study torah all day and zavulin would go on work and they would split
  7. 20:36could be a no kind and follow the seven hour height laws and by doing so
  8. 23:52that i am amongst them alludes to of the ten commandments which is the essence of
  9. 27:42the rambam tells us something very interesting that rambam says at the end of the laws
  10. 30:59nations of the world and one of them is marriage the nations of the world get

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