Ramadhan

On Saturday, the holy month of Ramadhan began on the same day for both Sunnis and Shiites, the first time that has happened in 10 years. Ramadhan is the month in which the first verses of the Qur'an were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.

The most significant divide between Sunnis and Shiites is in their perspective about Moshiach/Messiah; in political terms Sunnis are conservative willing to wait for Moshiach for the sake of stability whereas the Shiites, the liberals, wants to race forward by treating the present as if it is the future–as if Moshiach had already arrived.

The fact that these two sects are celebrating Ramadhan on the same month first time for ten years is significant because the number ten shows on completeness–natural for us humans with ten fingers and toes. Also Ramadhan connects with the Hebrew calendar which ends this month with the beginning of the new year Rosh HaShana which this year begins a new decade denoted by the letter Aiyin/70.

Aiyin also means Eye. It is time for the Jewish and Muslim Peoples to open their eyes and see that which binds us is far greater than that which divides.