This Day, March 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 11222: Serverus 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. Levin
March 12 515 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...
View ArticleThis Day, March 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 13 624: 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...
View ArticleThis Day, March 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 14 388: A law prohibiting mixed marriages between Jews and non-Jews which is defined as adultery, is promulgated as part of the Theodosian Code.1181: King Philip Augustus of France ordered the...
View ArticleThis Day, March 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 15 457 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. Levin
March 16 597BCE (2ndAdar): On the secular calendar, according to certain archaeological calculations, the first conquest of Jerusalem by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar occurred. In the Bible, the...
View ArticleThis Day, March 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 17796 BCE (1stof Nisan, 2956): Based on computations using the Bible and archaeology, possible date for the death of Jehoash, King of Judah.45 BCE: Julius Caesar defeated the forces of Pompey at...
View ArticleThis Day, March 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 18 37: The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor. Caligula ruled from 37 until his death in 41. From the Jewish perspective he was not so much an anti-Semite as a...
View ArticleThis Day, March 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 19235: End of the reign of Severus Alexander, the 26th Emperor of the Roman Empirehttp://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1153-alexander-severus1191: Eighty Jews were burned at Bray, France...
View ArticleThis Day, March 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 2043BCE: Birthdate of the Roman poet, Ovid. In “The Art of Love, Part One” Ovid wrote "And do not miss the festival of Adonis, mourned of Venus, and the rites celebrated every seventh day by the...
View ArticleThis Day, March 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 21 456 BCE: The convocation summoned by Ezra on intermarriage came to an end 629: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius marched into Jerusalem at the head of his army with the support of Jewish...
View ArticleThis Day, March 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 22 1144: This date marks the first ritual murder libel which took place in in Norwich, England. It set the pattern for subsequent accusations that would be made into the 20th century all across...
View ArticleThis Day, March 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 23 1369: 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. Levin
March 24 809: 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. Levin
March 25 1271: King Jaime (Kings James I of Aragon) freed all the Jews in Murviedro, a city in Valencia of debts from Christians. It should be noted this came after the Christians burned down a...
View ArticleThis Day, March 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
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. Levin
March 27 347: 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. Levin
March 28 364: Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints 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...
View ArticleThis Day, March 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 29 835 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. Levin
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...
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