Tammy's Notes: January 2018 Events

The 10^th month (Tevet / Tebeth) began after the sighting of the new moon on Dec 19.

The 11th month (Shevat) began after the sighting of the new moon on Jan. 18.

http://torahcalendar.com

Timeline –www.informedchristians.com:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4lMw4yuCqaBb052QWx5TDVEbVE/view

Month 10 In the Spiritual Year

Tevet / Tebeth

Month 11 In the Spiritual Year

Shevat

That ye may be blameless and harmless,

the sons of God, without rebuke,

in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,

among whom ye shine as lights

in the world.

Philippians 2:15

Be alert and always keep on praying ... Eph. 6

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8-9

2018 dates and calendar templates

https://www.vertex42.com/calendars/2018.html

Current Events

Dec 31 - New Year's Day

Dec 31 - NOLA NYE parade & Sugar Bowl - New Orleans

Jan 1 - 129th Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Year’s Day

Monday, January 1, 2018 - 8:00am - theme “Making A Difference”

https://www.tournamentofroses.com/events/roseparade

Jan 1 - Full Supermoon

Jan 5 - Jupiter’s Moon hits U.K. theaters

https://thefilmstage.com/trailer/jupiters-moon-trailer-white-god-director-returns-with-superhuman-refugee-story/

Jan 5/6 - Sabbath Parashah is Shemot which means "The Names." Shemot is also the Hebrew name for the book of Exodus. - http://torahcalendar.com/
Jan 6 - Epiphany
1-6/7 - Cairo's new 'The Nativity of Christ' Cathedral dedicated Sat. eve. by Egypt's Copts for Orthodox Christmas - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/04/egypts-new-cathedral-may-big-target-isis-coptic-christians-fear-isis-they-celebrate-opening-new-cath/1003751001/
- http://en.wataninet.com/coptic-affairs-coptic-affairs/coptic-affairs/cathedral-of-the-nativity-of-christ/22526/
Jan 6-7 – Camp David retreat for Trump and Sen. McConnell and House Speaker Ryan
Jan 6 - Last night Empire State Bldg Christmas lights in green and red, topped off with a candy cane striped antenna. https://twitter.com/EmpireStateBldg - http://www.esbnyc.com/explore/tower-lights
Jan 7 - Orthodox Christmas (Julian Calendar)

Jan 7 - Golden Globe Awards
Jan 7 - final day of ONEderland - https://oneworldobservatory.com/en-US/winteronederland
- Follow Ollie the snow owl - https://oneworldobservatory.com/en-US/about-us

Jan 12-13 – Torah Reading – Va Era “And I Appeared” - http://torahcalendar.com/

Jan 13-14 – Julian calendar - New Year's Eve / New Year's Day
Jan 15 - MLK holiday
Jan 15 - Pope Francis to Chile and Peru
Jan 19 - "12 Strong" movie premiere

Jan 19/20 - Parasha Bo (Come!) 5778

Jan 20 - Midnight US government shutdown / budget not approved

Jan 20 - 1 year anniv. of Trump's Innauguration
Jan 20/21 - Women's March Weekend (anniv. of 2017 rallies)
Jan 21 * 11-3 - Las Vegas Rally - http://www.powertothepolls.com/

Jan 21 - Pence visit to Israel - https://www.axios.com/israeli-officials-expecting-pence-visit-on-january-21-2521866759.html

Jan 22 - ID change - https://www.dhs.gov/real-id
Jan 22 – Roe vs. Wade – 1973 Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion
Jan 22 – Trumps' 13th wedding anniversary
Jan 23-26 - World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland – https://twitter.com/Davos
Jan 23-24 - 10th Conference on European Space Policy - Brussels
- http://www.spaceconference.eu/welcome.html
Jan 27 - UN International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (A/RES/60/7)
Jan 27-28 - Rome / Villa Aurora - IDA "conduct first ever ground penetrating radar survey"
- https://twitter.com/DigiArchaeo/status/956884623245676544 (site of US Embassy in Rome)
Jan 28 - 60th Grammy Awards - New York City (change of date/location) ("Time's Up" - white roses)
Jan 30 - Trump's US State of the Union address

Jan 31 - EU and Norway to convene an extraordinary session of the international donor group for Palestine (AHLC)
- https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/38108/eu-and-norway-convene-extraordinary-session-international-donor-group-palestine-ahlc_en
- https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/01/12/does-europe-want-peace-or-political-relevance/
Jan 31 - Supermoon (blue moon) will also feature a total lunar eclipse
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/01/22/supermoon-blue-moon-lunar-eclipse-coming/1052215001/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/science/2018/01/23/lunar-trifecta-supermoon-blue-moon-and-lunar-eclipse-all-one-week/109714044/
Jan 31- 11-1 pm United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony - General Assembly Hall, NYC

Shevat 15 - Tu B'Shvat New Year for Trees

Jan. 31/Feb 1 - https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm

(calendar does rely on new moon sighting)

Feb. 1/2 - http://torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp?YM=Y2017M11

(month begins after sighting of new moon)

Feb 1/2 - Shevat 15 - Tu B'Shvat New Year for Trees
Moon at Leo / Regulus - http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-regulus-from-dusk-till-dawn

Feb 1 - Window to the Heart - Times Square Valentine Heart Design will be on view at the center of the Crossroads of the World. ... unveiled on February 1 at 11am at Father Duffy Square, between 46th and 47th Streets.

Other international meetings: http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/ & http://en.unesco.org

http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/index.html

Jan. / Shevat

1-19-20 * 11-2 - "Bo" - Parasha Bo (Come!/Enter!) 5778

Exodus 10:1–13:16; Jeremiah 46:13–28; Revelation 9:1–21

http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Parashah/parashah.html (audio)

http://free.messianicbible.com/parasha/parasha-bo-come-remembering-first-passover-2/

http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3912241/jewish/5-Powerful-Insights-From-the-Rebbe-Bo.htm

1-26/27 - Beshalach (When He Let Go)
Exodus 13:17–17:16; Judges 4:4–5:31; 2 Peter 1
“Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, 'Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.'” (Exodus 13:17)
Shabbat Shirah or the "Sabbath of Song." Israel sang the Song of Moses [Exodus 15:1-19] at the Exodus [Deuteronomy 32:1-43] and it was sung by those who survived the Great Tribulation in 70 C.E. according to Revelation 15:3.
Parashah is Be-Shallach which means "When He Had Sent."
Exodus 13:17-17:16, Judges 4:4-5:31 Extra Readings Exodus 15:1-21
http://torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp?YM=Y2017M11

Ongoing –

TBA - Arch of Triumph of Palmyra, Syria returns to Palmyra ??

Part 1 - http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/02/triumphal-arch-of-palmyra-syria.html

Part 2 - http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2017/12/triumphal-arch-of-palmyra-syria-part-2.html