B"H Yom Yom From Day by Day in Jewish History by A.P. Bloch Courtesy of Pomeranz Bookseller and Ktav Publ. Tammuz [29] RASHI's 893rd yahrzeit. The entired Jewish male population of Grodz, Lithuania was executed by the Nazis, 1941. Russia claimed that Raoul Wallenberg died on this date in 1947. Av [1] Mountaintops were visible above the receding waterline of the Mabul. The Torah identifies the date as the first of the tenth month, but Rashi explains that it was the 10th month counting from the beginning of the Flood - Cheshvan. Plague of Frogs. Yahrzeit of Aharon HaKohen. The ONLY yahrzeit recorded in the Torah. All other dates of death are known from various Traditional sources. Note too that Rosh Chodesh Av is not mentioned in Chukat when the Torah tells us of Aharon's death; it is men tioned in Mas'ei in connection with Hor HaHar. Mas'ei is the sedra that is read on or close to Rosh Chodesh Av each year. Yahrzeit of Elazar b. Aharon, as well. Ezra and his followers arrived in Jerusalem. A revolt of inmates at Treblinka in 1943 and the seizing of the Exodus by the British in 1947 both took place on 1 Av. [2] Titus commenced battering the walls
of the Temple Courtyard. The Inquisition was established in Rome, 1267. Three different
popes issued bans against blood accusations, on this date, spanning 300 years. The bans,
history shows us, were quite ineffective. First train of Jewish deportees left Holland for
extermination camps, 1942. French police rounded up 13,000 Jews for deportation. Only 30
survived. [4] Nechemia began building wall around Yerushalayim. Jewish males of Aniksht and the entire population of Vilkovishk, both in Lithuania, were murdered by the Nazis in 1941. Lublin concentration camp liberated in 1944. [5] Yahrzeit of the ARI Z"L, 1572. Anti- Jewish riots in Posen, Poland, 1713. Anti-Jewish riots in Budapest, 1883. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Israel Hildesheimer, 1899. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, 1940. [6] Bill of Emancipation of the Jews of England passed the House of Commons, 1883. It was rejected by the House of Lords, and finally approved 12 years later. [7] Nevuchadnetzar occupied the Beit HaMikdash. Jews of Valencia, Spain massacred 1391. Execution of Nicholas II, 1918. Keren HaYesod established 1920. [The Matot - Mas'ei Homepage] |
