This Day, March 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 231369: King Pedro of Castile who employed Abraham ibn Zaral as his physician was beheaded by his rival and brother, Henry of Trastamara marking the end of their civil war for control of the...
View ArticleThis Day, March 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 24809: Harun al-Rashid (Aaron the Upright, Aaron the Just), fifth caliph of the Abbasid Empire who had issued a decree that Jews wear a yellow belt in 807, passed away.1244(18th of Nisan): Rabbi...
View ArticleThis Day, March 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 25972:Sviatoslav I who had conquered the Khazarian kingdom in 969 after which the Khazar Jewish population may have assimilated or migrated in part passed away today.1144: It has been suggested...
View ArticleThis Day, March 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 26 1027: Coronation of Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor, whose court was the site of religious disputation between Bishop Wazon “the overlord of” Liege and an unnamed Jewish physician. (As...
View ArticleThis Day, March 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 27347: Traditional birthdate for Jerome, the priest and theologian best known for the creation of the Vulgate Bible, the Latin translation of the text and the author of correspondence with...
View ArticleThis Day, March 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 28364: Roman Emperor Valentinian I appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor dividing the Roman Empire between two rulers. Valens, The Emperor of the East “was an Arian and had suffered too...
View ArticleThis Day, March 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 29835 BCE (1st of Nisan, 2926): According to some Joash assumed the throne as King of Judah1188: Emperor Frederick was convinced (both diplomatically and financially) by Moses bar Joseph Hakohen...
View ArticleThis Day, March 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 301135: On the secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain. According to Jewish tradition he was born Erev Pesach. "From Moses to Moses there was none like...
View ArticleThis Day, March 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 31627: The Battle of the Trench which was part of the conflict between the Muslims led by Muhammed and the Quraysh, a “pagan Arab Tribe began today. In attempt to thwart the attack on Medina,...
View ArticleThis Day, April 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 1515 BCE: The Second Temple was inaugurated in Jerusalem (As reported by Jona Lendering)527: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. This...
View ArticleThis Day, April 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 2742: Birthdate of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was both King of the Franks and the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Despite pressure from the Catholic Church and the mighty Pope Gregory,...
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