Hello John and Doves,

June 20, 2020 is the "start of summer", the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.  This is 28 Sivan.

In the southern hemisphere, the dates of the two solstices, Summer/Winter are reversed.

This is the longest day of the year, and the shortest night.  After this day, the daylight per day starts getting shorter.  "On this day, the sun seems to stand still at the point on the horizon where it appears to rise and set, before moving off in the reverse direction."  Solstice comes from the Latin "solstitium' - 'sun standing still'.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/summer-solstice-2020-everything-need-know-longest-day-year/
Summer solstice 2020: everything you need to know about the longest day of the year

On this day, "from the view of the Sphinx, the sun sets squarely between the Great Pyramids of Khufu and Khafre on Egypt's Giza plateau on the summer solstice."  And Stonehenge is "aligned with the direction of the sunrise on the summer solstice." (the sun rises over the structure's Heel Stone and hits the altar dead center during the summer solstice)  https://www.history.com/topics/natural-disasters-and-environment/history-of-summer-solstice
Summer Solstice - HISTORY

In the Talmud, the Tekufot (plural of Tekufah) mark the beginning of the four seasons.  The Summer Solstice is a 'heavenly event' as referred to in the Bible as one of the four Tekufot.  Tekufot refers to the circuit in the heavens - the Mazzaroth (Zodiac and it's constellations)

In the book of Job, God asks Job "Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the belt of Orion?  Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth (constellations) in their season?  Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?"  Job 38:31-32

In Hebrew, there are four Tekufah (cycle, season, circuit, turning point) - four seasons of the year.  The sun has four turning points.  Tekufah is used not only for the beginning of the season but also for that whole season.

Tekufat Nisan is "the vernal equinox, when the sun enters Aries; this is the beginning of spring, or "eit hazera" (seed-time), when day and night are equal."

Tekufat Tammuz, is" the summer solstice, when the sun enters Cancer; this is the summer season, or "et ha-katsir" (harvest-time), when the day is the longest in the year."

Tekufat Tishrei is "the autumnal equinox, when the sun enters Libra, and autumn, or "et ha-batsir" (vintage-time), begins, and when the day again equals the night.

Tekufat Tevet is "the winter solstice, when the sun enters Capricornus; this is the beginning of winter, or "et ha-horef" (winter-time), when the night is the longest during the year."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekufah

Tekufah - Wikipedia

Tekufah appears four times in the Bible:  Exodus 34:22 (Tekufah is "year's end"; Spring Tekufah is the end of the Biblical Year); Psalm 19:4-5 (Tekufah is translated circuit); 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel was born during one of the Tekufah; 2 Chronicales 24;23 (Tekufah is "end of the year")

Tekufah is Strong's Hebrew 2622:  Circuit of time, a turning.

"The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.  Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge.  They speak without a sound or a word; their voice is never heard.  Yet their message has gone out through all the earth.  And their words to the end of the world.  In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.  It is like a bridegroom coming from his chamber...It rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit (tekufah) to the other; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.'  Psalm 19:1-6

We can see that on the Torah.org calendar that June 23, 2020 is 1 Tammuz.  The calendar is a bit off from the actual summer solstice (this is due to the counting of the days).  This 'summer season' is then known as Tekufat Tammuz.

Tammuz begins the "season" (Tekufah) of summer - and contains the three Hebrew months Tammuz, Av, and Elul.

Tammuz is an ominous month - it is the month of the 'golden calf' sin/the breaking of the Tablets, the daily Temple sacrifices were discontinued three weeks before the Babylonians destroyed the First Temple on 9 Av (423 BCE), the walls of Jerusalem were breached by the Romans (69 CE) and the Roman General Apostomus burned the Torah and placed an idol in the Temple; the fighting continued for three weeks until 9 Av when the Temple was set on fire..  And the spies were sent into the Promised Land and returned on the eve of 9 Av. 

17 Tammuz (the Fast of Tammuz) starts the three weeks of mourning - ending on the 9 Av - for the destruction of the Temples.  17 Tammuz is July 9.  9 Av is July 30.

"Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years."  Genesis 1:14.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Maranatha!

Chance