B"H Yom Yom B"H Yom Yom from Day by Day in Jewish History by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l
[2 Adar] Anti-Jewish riots in Cracow, 1682. Greek Jews from Solonika transported to Nazi extermination camps, 1943. (of 50,000 Jews in Solonika, only 1,200 survived the Holocaust.) Knesset bill defining a Jew as one born to a Jewish mother or one converted to Judaism, 1970. (30 years later, there are still fights over the definition.) [March 9] The Pope orders the burning of the Talmud, 1244. Jews of Carinthia, Austira were expelled, 1496 (and not readmitted until 1848). [3 Adar] The building of the 2nd Beit HaMikdash was completed, 515bce. [March 10] The Knesset passed the "Who is a Jew?" bill, 1970. Jews were excluded from public office and dignities in the Roman Empire, 1418. Vincent Fettmilch, responsible for the massacre of many Jews, was hanged, 1616. [4 Adar] The body of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg was released for burial, 1307 - fourteen years after his death (He had ordered before his death that ransom was not to be paid). [March 11] Jews of Prussia were granted citizenship upon their adoption of family names, 1812. Headquarters of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem was bombed, 1948. [5 Adar] 9 more days (that's 8 more hamantashen-baking days) to Purim (make that 10 days, in Jerusalem). [March 12] Anti-Jewish riots in Krakow, 1682. U.S. Congress allowed Rabbi's to serve as army chaplain's. Resolution to establish the Haganah, 1920. Jews of Vienna were forced to embrace Christianity or were burned at the stake, 1421. [6 Adar] Rabbi Shmuel b.Natronai, one of the Ba'alei Tosafot, was tortured and killed, 1197. First printed edition of the whole Chumash with vowels, Trup, Onkelos and Rashi, 1482. The Krakow ghetto was liquidated by the Nazi's, 1943. [March 13] Jews of New Amsterdam were denied permission to build a shul, 1656. (Peter Stuyvesant's idea of religious freedom did not extend to non-Christians). The American Magen David Adom was established, 1918. [7 Adar] Traditional date of the birth and death of Moshe Rabeinu. (therefore, the day is used by Chevra Kadisha as a fast day).All copies of the Talmud were seized from the Jews of France, 1240. This led to the decline of Rabbinic scholarship in France. First burning at the stake of the Inquisition, 1481. [March 14] Marranos of Cordova, Spain, were massacred, 1473. Israel's Ben-Gurion and West Germany's Adenauer met, 1960, to discuss mutual problems. King of France ordered the seizure of all Jews of Paris attending shul and their detention for ransom, 1181. [8 Adar] Yeshiva Etz Chaim, the first elementary school with secular studies in the U.S., established 1886. [March 15] Deportation of the Jews from Thrace, 1943. German troops march into Prague, 1939. Anti-Jewish riots in Seville, Spain, 1391. These riots initiated a wave of violence throughout Spain and Portugal which claimed 50,000 lives within less than a year. Many Jews escaped death by converting to Christianity. This markedthe emergence of Marranos, approx. 200,000. [9 Adar] Traditional date for the first dispute between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel. Observed as a fast day in olden times. [March 16] Provisional government of Russia voided many anti-Jewish laws and restrictions, 1917. Jews of York, England killed themselves rather than submit to Baptism, 1190.
[The P'kudei Homepage]
|
