B"H Yom Yom

From Day by Day in Jewish History
by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l

Courtesy of Pomeranz Bookseller and Ktav Publishing

Tevet

[19] Yahrzeit of the Ketav Sofer, 1871. JNF established, 1901.

[20] 795th yahrzeit of the Rambam. First printed Gemara (Brachot), Soncino, Italy, 1483. Jews survive a serious earthquake, Italy, 1690, and commemorate the day with a local fast. 6000 Bucharest Jews killed in pogrom, 1941.

[21] Birthday of Shimon b. Yaakov. Purim Ancona, Italy follows to fast day (see yesterday). Jews of Galicia, Austria ordered to take family names, 1788. U.S. president Taft abrogates an 80-year old treaty with Russia because of Russian discrimination against Jews who were American citizens.

[22] Roman mobs attempted to burn and sack the ghetto in Rome, 1798.

[23] Natan Straus (for whom both Netanya and Straus Street in Jerusalem were named) died in 1931. Old name for Straus Street? Jerusalem Trivia - find out.

[24] 186th yahrzeit of the Baal HaTanya, first Chabad Rebbe. Over 2700 Jews died in earthquake in Tzfat and T'veri'a, 1837. Mt. Sinai Hospital in NY, 1852, first U.S. hospital under Jewish auspices.

[25] Anti-Jewish riots in Austria, 1312.

[26] King of Sicily decreed that Jews must wear a special badge, 1369. Virulent anti-Semitism in Russia sparked by article in Pravda, 1953. Maryland "Jew Bill" allows Jews to hold public office, 1826. It took 50 years!! The Denial of Christianity was a capital offense for many years.
[Again I say that looking through the book Day by Day in Jewish History fills one with a sense of B'CHOL DOR VADOR... in every generation, someone stands up against to destroy us... And G-d saves us from their hands. So many countries. Such a wide range of dates. ]

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