EXTRA · Noach 8:4 · unit 1

Parashas Noach · Ark rests · Passuk 8:4

The Complete Passuk

וַתָּ֤נַח הַתֵּבָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂ֥ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י אֲרָרָֽט׃

And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Rashi — the seventh month counted from the cessation of the rain is Sivan.

Core Text

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי — סִיוָן, וְהוּא שְׁבִיעִי לְכִסְלֵו שֶׁבּוֹ פָּסְקוּ הַגְּשָׁמִים.

English: “In the seventh month” — Sivan, which is the seventh from Kislev, in which the rains ceased.

In context: Rashi aligns the calendar so that the resting of the ark falls in Sivan, seven months after the rains stopped in Kislev.

Custom (calendrical identification of the seventh month).

The ark rested on Ararat in Sivan, counting seven months from the end of the rainfall in Kislev.