Sivan Rav DovBer Pinson, Iyyun Center for Jewish Spirituality

Permutation Letter Name Sense Sign Tribe Body Part Season YVHH Zayin f (7) Sivan Walking Gemini/twins Zevulun Left leg Spring

Winter / Male / Body / Reflected Light Summer / Female / Soul / Direct Light Below / Tishrei Nisan / Above Alone / Cheshvan Iyyar / Other Hidden / Kislev Sivan / Revealed Intimacy / Teves Tamuz / Jealously Satisfaction / Shevat Av / Insatiability Uncertainty / Adar Elul / Certainty The letterZayin Zevul refers to the Bies HaMikdash/Holy Temple – the presence of Hashem here on earth, the Beis HaMikdash Seven, Completes the Week. Shavuos. is called Zevul Beis Tiffarteinu (tifferes) SHAPE: The “shape” of the letterZayin , as a zigzag BODY PART: represents “movement” as the “Sense” of the month is movement. Left leg. Nisan is the right leg and Sivan is the left leg. SEFIRA: Zayin - Tifferes. (Zohar Parshas Emor. p. 102b) Torah Portions of the Month Zayyin is Malchus Bamidbar –Nosa –Baalosecha – Shelach MEANING: Zayin in Hebrew also means sword, This speaks of the encampment, everyone has a position, referring to tools of battle, a ‘weapon’ sometimes we a place in order. A placement when moving. need in order to elevate, to persevere, and push forward, move on. Each has their proper place. The numeric value of the word Zayyin is 77, the wordOz It is a movement within a wilderness (ayin–zayin) strength, and Oz is Malchus (Zohar 3. p. The Torah portions also has the week of Ba’aloscha 262b) –which has the verses of V’yehi Binsoa Aaron, which creates “seven books of the Torah” (Shabbas). The name Sivan This month is connected with the LetterZayin -seven. The letters that comprise the word Sivan isSamach Yud The actual “other” book of the Torah is the short section Vav Nun. V’yehi Binsoa Aron which speaks about “movement”. Yavan/Greek. And a movement within an order, the encampment. Yet, Samach- Yavan is the letter Samach –which is Also this “Seventh” book speaks of the scattering of the Somech/assisting. “enemies” the idea of Zayin – a tool of war. Samach is the Circle, the letter which includes. TIME OF YEAR: Shavuos all opinions agree we also Samach and Tzadik are dental consonants and are need Lachem/bread we must eat on Shavuos. (Pesachim) therefor interchangeable; thus the word Sivan becomes The idea of inclusion, heaven/above/spiritual with the Tziyon/Zion. earth/below/physical MEDITATE ON THIS MONTH: The tribe of Zevulun On opening yourself to divine intelligence, movement, Zevulun Smach Zevululun B’Tzeizecha/rejoice Zevulan flexibility. on your travels. “ (Devarim 33) To bring down from the mind to actions, to move He is the “twin” of the tribe Yissachar. forward. (See Rashi Vayechi 49:14) “Ye’dosav U’ltzela Hamiskan Ha’Sheinis” —Shemos 26:19-20