Tav · 400
The mark
Sign, seal and ownership — whose you are, settled before anything is said.
The year of the crowned mouth.
A leap year of 385 days — exactly 55 weeks, thirteen months with Adar I and Adar II. It opened on Shabbat, 12 September 2026, and closes on 1 October 2027.
Today in 5787
787 = 400 + 300 + 80 + 7
Mark, fire, mouth, sword.
What distinguishes 5787 within its century is Pe and Zayin — the mouth and the sword. 5786 was the mouth nailed; 5787 is the same mouth given an edge and a crown.
Shin · 300
The fire
Refining and transformation — the polishing that makes an arrow select.
Pe · 80
The mouth
Speech and declaration — the word that is made, not invented.
Zayin · 7
The sword
Edge, crown and Sabbath completion — authority that waits to be released.
Isaiah 49:2 · the governing word
The servant’s mouth is made like a sharp sword and hidden in the shadow of His hand. A year of the mouth is not a year of volume: the arrow is polished, then hidden, and released only by the hand that owns it.
The year in four movements
Where we stand now.
Thirteen months
Move with the seasons.
Sep 12 – Oct 11 · 30 days
Tishrei
Beginnings, kingship and covenant
Oct 12 – Nov 10 · 30 days
Cheshvan
Quiet building and consistency
Nov 11 – Dec 10 · 30 days
Kislev
Light in darkness; guard the vision
Dec 11 – Jan 8 · 29 days
Tevet
Guarding the eyes and the inner life
Jan 9 – Feb 7 · 30 days
Shevat
Renewal; the rising of sap
Feb 8 – Mar 9 · 30 days
Adar I
The added month: extension
Mar 10 – Apr 7 · 29 days
Adar II
Joy, reversal, hidden providence
Apr 8 – May 7 · 30 days
Nisan
Redemption and new beginnings
May 8 – Jun 5 · 29 days
Iyyar
Healing and steady counting
Jun 6 – Jul 5 · 30 days
Sivan
Revelation; the giving of the word
Jul 6 – Aug 3 · 29 days
Tammuz
Guard the covenant
Aug 4 – Sep 2 · 30 days
Av
Comfort; mourning turned to gladness
Sep 3 – Oct 1 · 29 days
Elul
Return and preparation for 5788
The year’s four disciplines
One discipline per letter.
Tav · first quarter
Sealed ownership
Once a week, name aloud what has first claim on you — measured by what receives your attention on waking.
Shin · winter
The polished arrow
Submit one area of competence to correction by someone qualified to give it. Polishing is friction from another hand.
Pe · spring
The told story
Tell someone younger, in specific terms, what God has done for you — at least once a month.
Zayin · summer
The sheathed edge
No correction delivered in the first hour of wanting to — and none to a person you have not recently blessed by name.
Hebrew letters and calendar patterns are a devotional and interpretive lens for prayer and intention. They do not outrank explicit Scripture and are not used to predict events.