This Day, March 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 3 321: 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...
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March 4 457BCE (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...
View ArticleThis Day, March 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 5 363: Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which will bring 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 "ZL"
March 6 19 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 ‘Sanctuary1239: 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....
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March 9 590: 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 10 515 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 11 222: 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...
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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 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...
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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...
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This Day, March 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 16597BCE (2ndAdar): On the secular calendar, according to certain archaeological calculations, the first conquest of Jerusalem by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar occurred. In the Bible, the event...
View ArticleThis Day, March 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 17 796 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...
View ArticleThis Day, March 18, in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 1837: 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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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 and Deb Levin Z"L
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 and Deb Levin Z"L
March 21 456 BCE: The convocation summoned by Ezra on intermarriage came to an end629: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius marched into Jerusalem at the head of his army with the support of Jewish inhabitants....
View ArticleThis Day, March 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 221144: 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...
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