B"H Yom Yom B"H Yom Yom from Day by Day in Jewish History by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l Courtesy of Ktav Publishing and Pomeranz Booksellers TT weeks are THU-THU, with an overlap of Thursday TT364's week is 13-20 Iyar (APR 29 - MAY 6) [13 Iyar] Jews of Vienna ordered to wear distinct garb, 1267. Jews expelled from Berne, Switzerland, 1427. [April 29] Anti-Jewish riots in Vilna, 1938. U.S. 7th Army liberated Dachau, 1945. [14 Iyar] Jewish community of Bisenz, Austria massacred 1605. Thousands of Jewish books burned by Nazis, 1933. Only advance by the Arab Legion beyond the Old City walls into new Jerusalem, was halted, 1948. It was considered a very major defeat by the Arabs. [April 30] Russian decree fobids Jews to import books, 1800 (makes you marvel at what our enemies feared). One of the first ghettos established by the Nazis, Lodz, 1940. Hitler commits suicide, 1945. [15 Iyar] Original Exodus supply of matza was finished. G-d fed the People the quail. Catherine I expels all Ukrainian Jews 1727. [May 1] 47 Jews killed by Arabs in Yaffa, 1921. Goebbels commits suicide, 1945. [16 Iyar] First fall of the Manna; first part of Birkat HaMazon instituted by Moshe Rabeinu. Roman legion plundered J'lem and killed 3600 Jews, 66c.e. [May 2] Hagana captures Katamon, 1948. Pope Sixtus IV calls on all Christian princes to send back to Spain the Jews that fled from the Inquisition, 1481 (nice guy). [17 Iyar] Jews of England imprisoned, 1278. Yahrzeit of the Nodeh BiYehuda, 1793. [May 3] Rabbi Israel of Kerms became first chief rabbi of Germany, 1407. [18 Iyar] Lag BaOmer. Traditional yahrzeit of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Yahrzeit of the Rama (Rabbi Moshe Isserles), 1572. The Hurva Shul in the Old City destroyed by Arabs, 1948. David & Sonia Adler married 50 years ago, 1949. David & Miri Schler married, 1999 (BTUM) [May 4] Tel Aviv was sacked by Arabs, 1917. Turkish gov't objective was to purge Palestine of Jews. Due date on the 50£ Peter/Paul IOU. [19 Iyar] Yahrzeit of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, 1293. [May 5] Anti-Jewish riots in Kiev, 1881. Israeli postal service est. 1948. [20 Iyar] Bnei Yisrael left Sinai almost a year after arriving there to receive the Torah. 13 Jews of Troyes, France were condemned to the stake on charges of ritual murder, 1288. [May 6] WHM born 1931. [The Emor Homepage] |
