Happy New Year

2010 is the Year of the Tiger, which is also known by its formal name of Geng Yin; 2010 is Year 4707 in the Chinese Calendar and 5710 in the Hebrew calendar.

The eleven prosaic animals used to depict the 12 year cycle are in strict contrast to the twelfth, the mythical dragon which will occur in 2012 when the 5000 year Mayan calendar ends. These three calendars represent three distinct ideas about the human being on planet earth.

The Hebrew calendar begins with the first two human beings whose progeny is wiped out a 1666 years later when the Chinese calendar begins; the Mayan calendar begin 666 into the Hebrew calendar and will end in two years. The Hebrew calendar ends in 230 years while the Chinese calendar goes on unabated.

These three calendars represent three different aspects of the human experience. The most primal extinct is to live and to project one’s life into the future by means of one’s children, the second is to have a goal–the Mayan calendar and last the Hebrew calendar speaks to the ascension of the soul.

The Torah/Teaching begins with the first day of the calendar and ends with assurances of Moshiach. Why God began our creation then can be understood by multiplying 2000 times 365 squared equaling 266,450,000–the time when the stars stood still.