The month of Shvat in the Jewish calendar is the fifth month in relation to the creation of the world, and the 11th in relation to the Exodus of Israel from Egypt.
Tevet is the fourth month in the Jewish civil calendar, but the 10th month according to the religious calendar, if one begins counting from the month of Nisan, when the people of Israel came out of Egypt.
“All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.” (Genesis 49:28)
The theme of a woman at the window appears a number of times in the Bible.
The prophet Zechariah served God during the return to Zion, and was a contemporary of Haggai.
Haggai is one of the three last prophets, alongside Zechariah and Malachi.
Iran is openly calling for the destruction of the Jewish state.
In May 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu presented his host in Washington, Barack Obama, with the book “The Innocents Abroad” by Mark Twain.
One person’s comfort is linked to the destruction of another.
In the second half of the 8th century BC, there were several prophets active in the Kingdom of Judah.
