This Day, February 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 2611 BCE: According to some sources, the day on which Herod dedicates the renovated Holy Temple in Jerusalem. According to Heinrich Graetz, the building project began in 20 BCE, the 18th year...
View ArticleThis Day, February 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 27272: Birthdate of Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine adopted Christianity as the state religion for the Roman Empire which marked a turning point (negative)...
View ArticleThis Day, February 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 28628: Persian Shah Khosrau II who “conquered Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 during the Byzantine – Sasanian War” came passed away today.1255: Bishop Richard of Worms transferred to the...
View ArticleThis Day, February 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A Levin and Deb Levin Z"L
February 29 1236: In Narbonne (France), an attack on the Jewish quarter occurred after a Jew accidentally killed a Gentile during an argument. The Governor of the city, Don Amyeric, forcibly...
View ArticleThis Day, March 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 1 286: Roman Emperor Diocletian raises Maximian to the rank of Caesar. Diocletian was determined to restore greatness and stability to the Roman Empire. He was far more concerned about the...
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March 2117(12th of Adar, 3877): As the rebellion by Disapora Jews against the Roman Empire of Trajan came to an unsuccessful close, two Jewish brothers who had been leaders in the revolt, Pappus and...
View ArticleThis Day, March 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A Levin and Deb Levin Z"L
March 3321: Roman Emperor Constantine named Sunday which had been a Roman pagan day for honoring the sun as a day of rest. This was an attempt by Constantine to close the gap between pagans and...
View ArticleThis Day, March 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 4457BCE (1st of Nisan, 3303): According to chapter 7, verse 9 of the Book of Ezra, Ezra and his followers left Babylonia for Jerusalem1193: Saladin, the great Moslem leader, passed away. Among...
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This Day, March 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 5363: Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which will lead to his own death. Julian followed Constantine to the throne and...
View ArticleThis Day, March 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 619 BCE (12th of Adar II, 3741): The Temple “built” by King Herod was dedicated. Technically, Herod had refurbished the Second Temple and not built a ‘third Sanctuary.”1239: With the Edict of...
View ArticleThis Day, March 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 7322 BCE: Aristotle passed away. “Aristotle was almost universally held in esteem by the Jews; at one time for his intelligence and mental power, at another as a penitent sinner. The following...
View ArticleThis Day, March 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 81126: Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and Leon, after the death of his mother Urraca. Under the reign of Alfonso Christian Spain “became a refuge for the persecuted Andalusian Jews....
View ArticleThis Day, March 9, in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 9590: Bahram Chobin is crowned as King Barham VI of Persia. The newly crowned king enjoyed support among Persian Jews since opposing forces under a general named Mahbad “killed the Jewish...
View ArticleThis Day, March 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 10515 BCE (Adar 5): According to Ezra VI, 15, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius, the Second Temple was completed today. (15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,...
View ArticleThis Day, March 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 11222: Severus Alexander began his reign as Roman Emperor during which a table in Intercisa (Hungary) was inscribed as follows: “To the Eternal God! For the salvation of our Lord; the pious,...
View ArticleThis Day, March 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 12515 BCE: On the secular calendar the construction of the Second Temple was completed. (Book of Ezra, 6:15 “And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth...
View ArticleThis Day, March 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 13624: Islamic forces under the command of Muhammad were victorious at the Battle of Badr which cemented the power of the Moslem leader with all that we would mean for civilization in general and...
View ArticleThis Day, March 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 14388: A law prohibiting mixed marriages between Jews and non-Jews which is defined as adultery, is promulgated as part of the Theodosian Code.1181: “Immediately after his coronation” today, King...
View ArticleThis Day, March 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 15457 BCE (12th of Nisan, 3303): Ezra and his followers departed from the River Ahava on their way to Jerusalem.44 BCE: Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Roman Senate. The Jews supported...
View ArticleThis Day, March 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 16597BCE (2nd Adar): On the secular calendar, according to certain archaeological calculations, the first conquest of Jerusalem by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar occurred. In the Bible, the event...
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