Hello John and Doves,

We are currently in the 'counting of the Omer' time period.  The days between the second day of Passover (the Exodus) to the first day of Shavuot (the giving of the Torah, and Pentecost).

The calendar at the link shows the count of days.  The 33rd day of the count is Lag B'Omer - Iyra 18, (Wed Iyar 17 pm to Thurs Iyar 18 pm) our May 2nd/3rd.  https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm

The Great Flood began on the 17th day of the 2nd month (Iyar).

"According to other traditions, Lag B'Omer is believed to be the day in which the Great Flood began: "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month – on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened," (Genesis 7:11)."   Also, "on Lag B'Omer 1948, the official order inducting the Israeli Defense Forces was given."  https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3540212,00.html

Wonder if this day will be significant this year...looks like another date to watch.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Maranatha!

Chance