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Shevat 5760
Jan - Feb 2000

The zodiacal sign of Shevat is Aquarius and it is linked with the tribe of Reuben.  It consists of 30 days, with the 1st of the month never falling on Sunday or Friday.

Theme: forgiveness and cleansing

January 2000 / Shevat 5760

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
            8/1
9/2 10/3 11/4 12/5 13/6 14/7 15/8
16/9 17/10 18/11 19/12 20/13 21/14 22/15
23/16 24/17 25/18 26/19 27/20 28/21 29/22
30/23 31/24          

February 2000 / Shevat 5760

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1/25 2/26 3/27 4/28 5/29
6/30            

New Moon - 1 Shevat - January 8, 2000
Jan 08 - Moon Occults Neptune
Jan 09 - Moon Occults Uranus
Jan 17 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Jan 21 - Lunar Eclipse
January 21, 1882 - Bilu (Hebrew initials of Beit Ya'akov Lekhu ve-Nelkhah; "House of Jacob, come ye and let us go," Isa. 2:5) was initiated by a fast on this day as an organized group of young Russian Jews pioneered the modern return to Erez Israel. "Bilu was a reaction to the 1881 pogroms in southern Russia, when the ideology of Jewish nationalism began to replace that of assimilation, which was prevalent among the youth." (Source: Encyclopedia Judaica)
Tu B'Shevat - 15 Shevat - January 22, 2000
(New Year for Trees)
Jan 28 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Uranus
3 February 1917: British troops occupy Baghdad. After suffering heavily by forced conscription, torture and extortion by the Turkish ruled government, local Jews celebrated their freedom by declaring it a holiday (Yom Ness). Their freedom lasted until 1929 when the British granted independence to Iraq and all Zionist activities were prohibited.
Feb 05 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From Antarctica)

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