TISHREI
לשנה טובה ומתוקה
CONTENTS:
- Main Themes of Tishrei
- Online Resources
- Tishrei Music Playlist
- Trip Ideas
- Video – Adventure Around The World with the Holiday of Tishrei – Virtual Tour with Nachliel Selavan
- Tishrei in the Torah
- Important Dates in Tishrei
- Seforim List
- Story Books
Tishrei! A roller coaster of events. A month of eating and eating, and more eating, and fasting. A time of serious introspection, of deeply looking inside of us, and then absolute joyous celebration. Tishrei is so full of meaning and of truly understanding what it means to be a Jew. There is so much to learn and experience.
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot + Hoshanah Rabba, Shemini Atzeret and, Simchat Torah will have their own dedicated pages.
So once again, where do you start??
You can go through Tishrei itself, then each individual holiday.
I make a wall calendar so they can learn when the chagim are and helps them place them in order.
We personally start with the chag that the child loves the most. What better way to connect to Tishrei than the one that they can’t wait to celebrate first.
Find the way that your child will connect and love the chagim, that is the best way!
MAIN THEMES OF TISHREI
- The 3 names of the month of Tishrei – HaChodesh HaShevi (The Seventh Month), Yerach HaEisanim (The Month of The Strong), and Tishrei
- “All Sevenths are beloved above”
- No other month has as many mitzvot as Tishrei
- Tishrei is the beginning of the year as to the calculation of years of the calendar, shmittah, planting of trees, and produce – termuot and ma’asrot (animal and vegetable tithes)
ONLINE RESOURCES
The Incredible Month of Tishrei – by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller – aish.com
Yomim Noraim: The Journey of Prayer Classes from Breslov Research Institute – video playlist
Tishrei Music Playlist
Avinu Malkeinu, by Shulum, Avraham Fried, and Yonaton Raziel’s Amazing Piano Rendition, and more…
TRIP IDEAS
Shirat Haaretz Beehives – Tours on the “The Wonderful World of Bees” and “Bee Tour Safari” come be a beekeep for a day. Great for families and Children
Kfar Chabad – Esrog Orchard Tour and Shofar Making workshops
מאחורי הדבש – Kfar Chabad Beehives – Lots of events during Chol Hamoed and tours.
The Museum Guy – Festivals of Tishrei Tour at the Israel Museum
Go Apple Picking
Visit a farmers market and pick fresh organic fruits and vegetables for your Rosh Hashanah seudah
TISHREI IN THE TORAH
1ST Tishrei Adom and Chava were created
1st Tishrei Chava and Adom ate from the Etz HaDaas
1st Tishrei The Dove was sent from the ark and did not return
1st Tishrei Yitzchak was bound on the Akeidah
2nd Tishrei The First Shabbat after Creation
On Rosh Hashanah (1st or 2nd of Tishrei) Sarah, Rachel, and Channah were granted Divine Remembrance and were able to conceive a baby
On Rosh Hashanah (1st or 2nd of Tishrei) Yosef was freed from Prison
On Rosh Hashanah (1st or 2nd of Tishrei) we stopped being slaves in Mitzrayim (Egypt)
5th of Tishrei birthday of Naftali the son of Yaakov and Bilhah, and one of the Twelve Tribes
7th of Tishrei birthday of Zevulun, the son of Yaakov and Leah, and one of the Twelve Tribes
8th of Tishrei The building of the First Beis Hamikdash was completed by King Solomon, start of 14 day celebration
10th of Tishrei Moshe Rabbeinu received the 2nd set of Luchot (Second Tablets) from hashem
10th of Tishrei birthday of Rivkah, wife of Yitzchak, mother of Yaakov and Eaisav
10th of Tishrei Ezekiel’s Vision of the Third Beis Hamikdash
11th of Tishrei Yitro advises Moshe Rabbeinu
11th of Tishrei Donations brought for the Mishkan
21st of Tishrei Haggai received prophecy to rebuild the Second Beis Hamikdash
22nd of Tishrei Completion of 14 day celebration of Beis HaMikdash dedication
24th of Tishrei the Jews who returned to Israel with Ezra and Nechemiah did teshuvah
The Talmud states that all of the Avot – Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, were all born in the month of Tishrei.
IMPORTANT DATES IN TISHREI
1st of Tishrei Rosh Hashanah
1st Tishrei Baal Shem Tov had his vision of Moshiach
1st Tishrei Daf Yomi daily learning study was launched
2nd of Tishrei Second Day of Rosh Hashanah
3rd Tishrei Fast of Gedaliah
4th Tishrei yahrtzeit of Reb Yoel Baal Shem who led the Society of Hidden Tzaddikim
5th of Tishrei Rabbi Akiva was taken captive by the Romans todays
10th of Tishrei Yom Kippur
10th of Tishrei Start of Yom Kippur War
15th of Tishrei Sukkot
16th of Tishrei 1st Day of Chol Hamoed in Israel and Second Day Yom Tov of Sukkot in Chutz l’Aretz
18th of Tishrei yahrtzeit of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
19th of Tishrei yahrtzeit of the Vilna Gaon
21st of Tishrei Hoshanah Rabba
22nd of Tishrei Shemini Atzeret and in Israel it’s also Simchat Torah
23rd of Tishrei in Isru Chag in Israel, in Chutz l’Aretz it is Simchat Torah
24th of Tishrei Isru Chag in Chutz l’Aretz
25th of Tishrei is the Yarhtzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzvchak of Berditchev
25th of Tishrei is the Yarhtzeit of the Chatam Sofer
29th of Tishrei yahrtzeit of Shimon HaTzadik, the first Tanna and the last member of the Anshei Knesses Hagdolah
SEFORIM
The Big Book of Jewish Holidays with Bina, Benny & Chaggai HaYonah – Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot
My Little Machzor – Machzori Hakatan
The Children’s Chassidic Machzor – according to the nussach of the Arizal
Round and Round The Jewish Year, Volume 1 Elul – Tishrei, by Tziporah Rosenberg
מרגישים שנה חדשה – אלול ראש השנה ויום כיפור – כתיבה: רבורה מינצברג
מעגל השנה א’ – אלול תשרי – רות בייפוס
Tishrei for the Very Young Author V’shinantam Levanecha
60 Days, A Spiritual Guide to the High Holidays, by Rabbi Simon Jacobson
The Book of Our Heritage Volume 1, by Eliyahu Kitov
Days of Awe, Days of Joy – Chasidic Insights into the Festivals of the Month of Tishrei
Encyclopedia of Biblical Personalities אישי התנ”ך– Yishai Chasidah – excellent for learning about the Ushipizin
Yom Kippur – The Artscroll Mesorah Series
Tashlich and Thirteen Attributes, Artscroll Mesorah Publications
Yonah – The Artscroll Tanach Series
The Koren Tanakh Graphic Novel – Hebrew Version
The Artscroll Children’s Book of Yonah
HALACHA
הלכות והליכות – לקט הלכות לתלמידים חלק א- רשת חינוך חב”ד
פניני הלכה לילדים ימים נוראים – ראש השנה / הרב יאיר ביטון
והגדת – אלול וראש השנה – רעיונות ולקחים, סיפורים ומשלים מאוצרותיו של רבי יעקב גלינסקי שליט”א
יהדות Living Lessons Yahudus Curriculum – Sefer HaMitzvot:
Volume 2
- Unit 51 – Yom Kippur
- Unit 52 – Resting On Yom Tov
- Unit 57 – Shofar
- Unit 58 – Sukkah
- Unit 59 – Lulav
Volume 4
- Unit 165 The Avodah of Yom Kippur
- Unit 169 Aliyah L’regel
- Unit 170 Rejoicing on the Shalosh Regalim
- Unit 171 Hakhel
STORYBOOKS
My Jewish Holidays, By David Sokoloff – Board Book
Stories about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, By Menucha Fuchs
ילים צועדים עם המועדים – הימים הנוראים – מנוחה פוקס
Let’s Celebrate Rosh Hashanah, By David Sokoloff – Board Book
The Complete Story of Tishrei by Nissan Mindel available at PDF download
Rosh Hashana: Guess Who? Yom Kippur : Guess Who? A Hachai Book by Ariella Stern & Patti Agroff
שלמה המלך והדבורה – אוריאל אופק
אילו וכאילו – ימים נוראים (Just Imagine! In Hebrew)
אילו וכאילו – סוכות (Just Imagine! In Hebrew)
The Call of the Shofar – Read Online at Chabad.org
How the Rosh Hashanah Challah Became Round, by Sylvia B. Epstein
Gershon’s Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year, by Eric Kimmel
Busy Bees, The Story of Honey, by Dafna and Avrami Tidhar
I Can Do a Mitzvah, By David Sokoloff – Board Book
Thank You Hashem, Artscroll Youth Series
The Very Best Place For A Penny, by Dina Herman Rosenfeld
Seven Delightful Stories For Every Day, By Dov Peretz Elkins
A Tree Full of Mitzvos by, Dina Herman Rosenfeld
The Money in the Honey, by Aidel Backman
The Storyteller, 5 Volume Series, by Nissan Mindel
- The Mysterious Shofar vol. 1
- A Succah Behind the Iron Curtain vol. 1
- Simchas Torah in a Labor Camp vol. 1
- Erev Yom Kippur Bidding vol. 2
- A Succah for Two vol. 2
- The “Esrog Baby” 2
- The Rooster’s Message vol. 3
- The Succah Mobile, vol. 3
- Adventure on Kol Nidrei Night, vol. 4
- Hakafot Under Fire, vol 4
- Stories of Teshuvah in every volume