Why Jewish Mothers Day?
This year, Jewish Mother’s Day is Sunday, October 9th, 2008. In Kabbalah, odd numbers are considered relatively masculine, while even numbers are relatively feminine. Therefore, we can categorize the months of the year as relatively masculine or relatively feminine months, based on their order in the year. In this manner, we find that there are three pairs of masculine and feminine months in the winter, and three such pairs in the summer. The winter pairs are: • Tishrei (male) and Cheshvan (female) • Kislev (male) and Tevet (female) • Shevat (male) and Adar (female) The summer pairs are: • Nisan (male) and Iyar (female) • Sivan (male) and Tamuz (female) • Av (male) and Elul (female) We can further our understanding of what each month represents if we see the three pairs of winter and summer each representing three generations of father and mother, son and daughter, and grandson and granddaughter. Using this correspondence, Tishrei and Cheshvan represent a father and mother. That Tishre
