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Chodesh Sivan: As Twins



The reason the Torah was given in Sivan, the third month, is that its constellation, or Mazal, is Twins. This symbolizes that in this month we connected to God as if to a twin, as the verse says, “My dove, my perfect one,” (Song of Songs 5:2) “Yonati, tamati,: don’t read it as ‘Tamoti,” by perfect one, but as “Te’umati,” My twin. (Midrash Rabbah)

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