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Events in the 2^nd Month of Iyar (April-May)

Iyar is the second month of the biblical calendar year. It occurs between April and May on the Gregorian Calendar.  The name “Iyar” is the Babylonian name of the month. The older biblical (or Canaanite) name of the month is “Ziv,” as in 1 Kings 6:1, “In the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.”

• In the year that Israel left Egypt, they spent the month of Iyar in the wilderness traveling toward Mount Sinai. It was during the month of Iyyar that they witnessed miracles like the manna and the water from the rock. (First Fruits of Zion https://ffoz.org/resources/calendar/iyyar/the-journey-of-iyyar.html)
• On the biblical calendar of Appointed Times in Leviticus 23, the entire month of Iyar is dedicated to the mitzvah (command) of counting off the days until Pentecost. The counting of the days (referred to as the Counting of the Omer) began on the day after the first Sabbath of Unleavened Bread. The Torah commands us to count off forty-nine days. (First Fruits of Zion https://ffoz.org/resources/calendar/iyyar/the-journey-of-iyyar.html).
• In the year the Master Yeshua (Jesus) suffered, the apostles went through a spiritual journey during the month of Iyar—the journey from Yeshua’s resurrection on the first day of the Counting of the Omer to His ascension on the fortieth day of the counting of the Omer. (First Fruits of Zion https://ffoz.org/resources/calendar/iyyar/the-journey-of-iyyar.html
• 26 of Iyyar, Yeshua (Jesus) ascended to the heavenly Tabernacle of his Father (Acts 1:3; Hebrews 9:11). As believers, Iyar is precious to us because it is the month of the Ascension, the month when the Master ascended to the right hand of the Father. (First Fruits of Zion https://ffoz.org/resources/calendar/iyyar/the-journey-of-iyyar.html
• https://aroodawakening.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2nd-Month_2020_new.pdf

• 5 Iyar(1948) – Israeli Declaration of Independence on Friday, 14 May 1948, before sunset.
• 7 Iyar(498 BCE) – Jerusalem‘s rebuilt walls are dedicated nearly 88 years after their destruction by Nabû-kudurri-uṣur (Nebuchadnezzar II) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
• 8 Iyar(1096) – Rhineland massacres of the First Crusade begin – On their way to Holy Land, small bands of knights and peasants, along with local inhabitants, the “People’s Crusade“, attacked many Jewish communities, most notably in the Rhineland towns of Worms and Mainz. On Shabbat, 8th of Iyar, the Jews of Speyer were also attacked. However, most of them were allowed refuge in the bishop’s castle and neighboring towns such as Heidelberg. (See Sivan in Jewish History” for Sivan 1).
• 10 Iyar(circa 2870/2871 BC) Death of Eli the High Priest and his two sons^[1]
• 14 Iyar(1312 BCE) – “Second Passover” – an additional opportunity to offer the paschal sacrifice, for individuals who were impure on the main Passover holiday. (Book of Numbers, 9).
• 14 Iyar(1933) – Nazis burned thousands of books written by Jews.
• 17 Iyar(66 CE) – Jews attack and defeat the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, following the theft of silver from the Holy Temple.
• 20 Iyar (circa1312 BCE) – The Israelites departed their encampment near Mount Sinai.
• 22 Iyar (1731) – Jewish books begin to be searched for and confiscated by Giovanni Antonio Costanzi, the Vatican librarian and author of a catalogue of the Vatican’s Hebrew manuscripts, in all the Jewish quarters throughout the Papal States. More confiscations continued over the next twenty years.
• 26 of Iyar, Yeshua (Jesus) ascended to the heavenly Tabernacle of his Father (Acts 1:3; Hebrews 9:11). The 40^th day of the Counting of the Omer.
• 26 Iyar (1967) –Six-Day War
• 28 Iyar (1967) –Jerusalem conquered during the Six-Day War. The day is marked in Israel as “Jerusalem Day“.
• 28 Iyar (circa 1012 BCE) – Death of Samuel the Prophet, marked by pilgrimages to his tombon the outskirts of Jerusalem. Many Jews consider this a Ta’anit Tzadik and fast.^[2]

Reference Sources: This Month in Jewish History: https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month.htm

Iyar from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyar