This Day, May 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 41008: Birthdate of King Henry I of France who reigned from 1031 until his death in 1060 which means that he was on the throne when a future wine maker, Shlomo Yitzhaki, was born at Troyes in 1040....
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May 5 1028: King Alfonso V of Castile passed away. In 1020, Alfonso had presided over the Council of Leon which adopted laws that created a certain amount of equality between Christians and Jews. The...
View ArticleThis Day, May 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 61313 BCE (1 Iyar 2448): According to tradition, this was the date of the first population survey of the Israelite people taken by Moses.124 CE: A Roman centurion named Valens stationed in the...
View ArticleThis Day, May 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 7833 BCE (2 Iyar 2928): Traditional date on which King Solomon began building the Temple in Jerusalem.351: Gallus, who had been appointed “Caesar” of the East by his cousin, the Emperor Constantius...
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May 8336: Emperor Constantine prohibits Jews from negatively interacting with their co-religionists who have converted to Christianity. "Jews are not allowed to disturb any man one has converted from...
View ArticleThis Day, May 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 91457 BCE: In the 15th century BCE, Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. The victory of Thutmose extended the orbit of Egyptian influence...
View ArticleThis Day, May 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 1070: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus, the commander of the Roman legions and the son of Emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the...
View ArticleThis Day, May 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 11330: Roman Emperor Constantine I changed the name of the ancient city of Byzantium to Nova Roma (New Rome) as it becomes the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The city will be known as...
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May 12940: Sixty-two you are old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote Nazm al-Jauhar, a history, of what some may consider of dubious accuracy that began with Creation and ran through the 10th...
View ArticleThis Day, May 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 131333: Birthdate of Reginald III of Guelders, a duchy in the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1349 the Duke of Guelders, was authorized by the Emperor Louis IV of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany to...
View ArticleThis Day, May 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin
May 14 1141: As he journeyed towards Jerusalem, Yehuda Halevi set sail for Palestine today from Alexandria, Egypt. According to legend, Halevi was killed by an Arab horseman when as he reached his...
View ArticleThis Day, May 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 15392: Theodosius I, who had been emperor of the eastern half of the Roman Empire became the last ruler of the entire Roman Empire (east and west) “A general of Spanish origin, and the son of...
View ArticleThis Day, May 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 16 0942(21st of Iyar, 4702): Saadia Gaon passed away. Born in 882, Saadia Gaon was the head of the Talmudic Academy of Sura (Babylonia). He was a recognized authority on the Talmud, and a profound...
View ArticleThis Day, May 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 17142 BCE: “Simon the Hasmonean captured the citadel of Jerusalem and expelled its Syrian garrison ad the Hellenized Jews” who had fought with them. Simon was the last surviving Hasmonean brother....
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May 18323BCE: Alexander dies at the age of 32. Despite the legend, there is no proof that Alexander ever came to Jerusalem. He did pass through Judea on his way to conquer Egypt and on his way from...
View ArticleThis Day, May 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 19363: For a second day in a row, a series of earthquakes that took place along a fault-line stretching from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba shook the region around the Galilee. According to...
View ArticleThis Day, May 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 20 68(3rd of Sivan, 3828): During the Great Revolt, Vespasian captured Jericho and slaughtered the Jewish inhabitants.325: The First Council of Nicaea, convoked by Emperor Constantine, opens....
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May 21383: As the emperor struggles to make Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire he promulgates a law that denies anybody who converts from Christianity to another religion the right to...
View ArticleThis Day, May 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 22334 BCE: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. This was the first step of a “journey” that would lead to the turning Egypt and...
View ArticleThis Day, May 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 23142 BCE (23rd of Iyar): Simon the Hasmonean drove the Syrians and their allies out the citadel which was their last stronghold in Jerusalem.1052: Birthdate of Philip I, King of France who passed...
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