Tammuz

1. Tammuz is the Fourth Month Tammuz is the fourth month, counting from the springtime month of Nisan when our nation left Egypt. Read: 20 Exodus Facts Every Jew Should Know 2. It Always Has 29 Days The Hebrew months (with the exception of Cheshvan and Ki...

Learn the mystical dimension of the Jewish month embedded in its Hebrew name, mazal, tribe, attribute and more. The Hebrew zodiac for Tammuz is “sartan” (crab), a.k.a. Cancer.

There’s a duality within the sun, in that it provides light but its light can also be blinding. We, too, contain opposites within ourselves, and our most powerful inclinations can also become our greatest weaknesses. How can we direct our energies positiv...

Without a doubt, we have experienced tremendous hardship and pain throughout our history—more so, perhaps, than other nations. But Jewish history is anything but tragic . . .

This month marks the beginning of the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

The fourth month is filled with paradox, in part because of its infamous distinction as the beginning of our fall from grace.

The month of Tammuz aligns with the beginning of the summer, and that’s where we find ourselves right now—at the start of a month that is physically warm in temperature and also warm in spirituality, full of G‑dly revelation.