Kislev is connected to the sense of sleep. Sleep is not just absence of activity. In sleep we dream, integrate, and process.

3. According to Leviticus 23:26-32: “The Lord said to Moses, that the tenth day of this seventh month [Tishrei] is the Day of Atonement…. Do not do any work on that day…. This is a lasting ordinance ...

This Shabbat we bentch Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, which will be on Thursday and Friday, June 26 and 27. In our fixed calendar, Sivan always has 30 days; hence Rosh Chodesh Tamuz is always two days. Tamuz ...