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

Kislev

[7] An ancient Jewish holiday, either marking the death of King Herod the Great, the death of King Alexander Yannai, or the victory over the Roman general Cestius. Many centuries later, World War I, which had begun on a Tish'a b'Av, ended on 7 Kislev, 1918.

[8] Solomon Molcho, Marano mystic, was burned at the stake, 1532.

[9] Jews of Paris and most of France were expelled by Charles VI, 1394. (Interesting: Jews of England were expelled about 100 years earlier; Jews of Spain, about 100 years later.) Illegal Jewish immigrants who had reached Haifa were deported by the British to Mauritius, 1940.

[10] 27,000 Jews of Riga ghetto were taken for execution, 1941. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, 1953. Anwar Sadat addressed the Knesset, 1977.

[11] 7000 Jews of Minsk ghetto were executed, 1942. Yeshiva College became the first American university under Jewish auspices.

[12] Yahrzeit of Rabbi Solomon Luria, author of Yam Shel Shlomo, 1573. Yahrzeit of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, 1963.

[13] Yahrzeit of Ravina, 499; end of the Talmudic period.

[14] Birth of Reuven b. Yaakov. Operation Magic Carpet began, 1948.

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