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 TT362's week is 29 Nissan - 6 Iyar (APR 15-22) [29 Nissan] 3 Jews killed, many injured, Arab attack on Petach Tikva, 1921; U.S. forces liberate Buchenwald, 1945, 20,000 inmates; [April 15] British army liberated Belsen camp with 40,000 inmates, 1945; [30 Nissan] Yahrzeit of R. Yaakov Emden (Yavetz), 1776; [April 16] Nazis declare all of Crimera free of Jews, 1942; cornerstone laid for first Jewish home outside the walls of Jerusalem 1869; [1 Iyar] First plague on Egypt; foundation for Second Beit HaMikdash laid, 537BCE [April 17] Fredrick the Great of Prussia decreed very oppressive restrictions on Jews, 1750; [2 Iyar] Shlomo HaMelech began construction of the first Beit HaMikdash; [April 18] 3000 Jews massacred in Prague, 1389; [3 Iyar] Tel Aviv became first all-Jewish city, 1921; Mordechai Anielewicz, head of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed, 1943; [April 19] Hagana captured Tiberias 1948; Christian railroadmen help Belgium Jewish underground derail a train bound for extermination camps, saving hundreds of Jews; Polish army attacked Jews of Vilna, 1919; massacre of Marranos in Lisbon, 1506; anti-Jewish riots in Eretz Yisrael, 1936; [4 Iyar] Ibn Gavirol born in Malaga, Spain, 1021; Rambam and family left North Africa for Eretz Yisrael, 1165; Maharam of Rothenberg received Jewish burial 13 years after his death; 30 Jews killed in Cracow riots, 1464; yahrzeit of the Pri Megadim, 1792; [April 20] Nicolas Antoine, a convert to Judaism, burned at the stake in Geneva, 1632; [5 Iyar] State of Israel proclaimed, 1948; first legislative act was to repeal the White Paper (1939) which resticted Jewish immigration and ownership of Land; U.S. recognizes the new State on the day of its proclamation; [6 Iyar] Massacre of Jews of Cordova 1013; yahrzeit of Ralbag (Gersonides), 1344; anti-Jewish riots in Kiev, 1881, led to spread of Zionism; British mandate began 1920 - ended exactly 28 years later; armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon invade the new State of Israel , 1948; [April 22] War of Attrition began, 1969, with Nasser abrogating U.N. ceasefire bet. Egypt and Israel [The Tazria-M'tzora Homepage] |
