Month 9 – Kislev: A Contrast Of Light & Darkness

Kislev is the ninth month of the year on the Hebrew calendar.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the ninth and tenth months are the darkest of the year – the nights are longer than any other time.  In the Southern Hemisphere, they are the lightest season of the year – the days are longer than any other time.

But the winter solstice always falls this time of year.  The winter solstice is the day the light and dark begin to reverse.  In the Northern hemisphere the days start getting longer; in the Southern hemisphere the nights start getting longer.

It’s a contrast of extremes – It gets darker and darker until, on one day, it stops, and begins to get lighter and lighter.  On our Gregorian calendar that day is always December 21. (more…)

November 9, 2018 | Categories: Last Days, New Moon, Rosh Hodesh | Tags: 1 Maccabees 4, 10 virgins, Chanukah, darkness and light, Ezra 10, Haggai 2, Jeremiah 36, Joel 2, John 1, Kislev, Last Days, matthew 13, Matthew 24, Nehemiah 1, wheat and tares, Zach 7 | 2 Comments