Monday, 9th of Tammuz, 5774

Monday is the sixth day of Week 40 and the thirty-fourth day of the cycle of Yesod (Foundation), Yesod shebeHod shebeYesod, Foundation within Glory/Acknowledgement within Foundation.

Monday is also the fifteenth day of the thirteenth 22-day cycle of the year, related to the letter Mem Sofit (the final Mem). The following verse from Chapter 3 of the Book of Lamentations is connected to the fifteenth letter, the Samech:

45. You make us as scum and refuse among the peoples.

מה. סְחִי וּמָאוֹס תְּשִׂימֵנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הָעַמִּים:

This verse can be interpreted positively as follows:

5. Scum and refuse you place them among the peoples.