This Day, September 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 261087: Coronation of King William Rufus, the second son of William the Conqueror who “managed to prevent in England the massacres of Jews that occurred in Rouen, and across France and the...
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September 27 0070 The walls of the upper city of Jerusalem were battered down by the Roman army1331: Polish forces under Wladyslaw and his son Casimir defeated the Germanic Knights at the Battle of...
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September 2848 B.C.E.: Pompey the Great was assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. While many Roman leaders get low marks in terms of Jewish History, Pompey rates at a...
View ArticleThis Day, September 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 29 522 BCE: Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. The success of Darius was good thing for the Jewish people. From the Book of...
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September 30 132 C.E. (10 Tishrei): On the secular calendar, Akivah ben Joseph known as Rabbi Akiva passed away. He was born in 50 C.E., twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple....
View ArticleThis Day, October 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 12016 B.C.E.: According to some the anniversary of the Origin of Era of Abraham on the secular calendar. The exactitude of this date is easily open to debate. There is a general agreement...
View ArticleThis Day, October 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
October 2825 BCE (22nd of Tishrei, 2936): According to traditionKing Solomon bid farewell to the Jewish people who had come to Jerusalem for a 14-day ceremony dedicating the Holy Temple (1-Kings 8:66)....
View ArticleThis Day, October 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 31189: Coronation of Richard the Lionheart (King Richard I) of England. “All Jews and women are barred from the coronation ceremony, but Jewish representatives are sent anyway with gifts in an...
View ArticleThis Day, October 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 4610: Heraclius attacks Constantinople, overthrows the Byzantine Emperor Phocas Augustus and proclaims himself Emperor. The Christian Emperor attacked his Persian neighbors to the east with...
View ArticleThis Day, October 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 5610: Phocas, the Byzantine Emperor during whose reign the Jews of Antioch revolted was murdered by his successor Heraclitus.871: A scribe stopped writing a ketubah that he had dated the 16th...
View ArticleThis Day, October 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 6877: Charles the Bald, King of France, passed away.Regardless of whatever others may think of him, Charles the Bald, who was King of France, comes up on the plus side in Jewish history when...
View ArticleThis Day, October 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 73761 BCE: According to some Jewish traditionalists, this corresponds to the date on which God created the World. This marks the start of the epoch of the Modern Hebrew calendar. The attached...
View ArticleThis Day, October 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 8314: In his quest to consolidate his power, Constantine I, the man who will become the first Christian Roman Emperor defeats his rival Licinius at the Battle of Cibalae. Constantine will...
View ArticleThis Day, October 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 9768: Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Charlemagne treated to his Jewish subjects well, even if it meant parting from the doctrine of the Church. For example, he...
View ArticleThis Day, October 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 10614: Today the fifth Council of Paris “prohibited the Jews from asking or from exercising civic or administrative rights.”680: At the Battle of Karbala, Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson...
View ArticleThis Day, October 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 111138: Massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria. According to tradition, the Jewish community traces its origins back to the time of King David. This is based on the description of the...
View ArticleThis Day, October 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 12539 BCE: The Persian armies of Cyrus the Great captured Babylon. Within the year, Cyrus would make it possible for the Jews to return to their homeland.1129: The tombstone of Elijah ben...
View ArticleThis Day, October 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 1354: Roman Emperor Claudius passed away. For Jews, Claudius has to rate as one of the best of the Roman rulers. Among other things, he took the side of the Jews when they were attacked in...
View ArticleThis Day, October 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 14680:Wamba, the Visigoth King of Hispania, abdicated. During his reign, he issued an order expelling the Jews from Spain. This was part of an on-going policy of abuse, mistreatment and...
View ArticleThis Day, October 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 15586 BCE (16th of Cheshvan, 3176): King Zedekiah was blinded and taken into captivity. He was the last king of Judea. Zedekiah’s ("Tzidkiyahu") original name was Matanya. He was torn between...
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