B"H Yom Yom B"H Yom Yom from Day by Day in Jewish History by Rabbi Abraham P. Bloch z"l [28 Elul] Fourth day of Creation - Sun, Moon, stars placed in the Heavens. Peter the Great ordered 13 of his soldiers who participated in anti-Jewish riots hanged, 1708. First shul in South Africa, 1849. Gedera attacked by Arabs, 1901. U.S. President Harding signed a joint resolution of Congress approving the 'establishmentin Palestine of a Jewish Homeland, 1922. [September 9] Copies of the Gemara were burned by the Inquisition, 1553. Italian planes bomb Tel Aviv; 117 are killed, 1940. [29 Elul] Fifth day of Creation, butterflies, tuna, and sparrows (and their friends). Jews of France emancipated, 1791 (first European country to enact such liberal legislation). Germany occupied Miclec, Poland and killed its entire Jewish population 1939. 11,000 Jews of the Stolin ghetto were killed, 1942. [September 10] The Congress for the Safeguarding of Non-Jews Interests convened in Dresden, Germany, 1882, first int'l conference to promote anti-Semitism. [1 Tishrei] Sixth day of Creation, bears, cows, human being. Birthday of Kayin and Hevel. Sarah, Rachel, Chana each prayed for offspring and were answered favorably on Rosh HaShana. Yosef was released from prison. The Jews in Egypt were freed from slavery (they did not leave the land until Pesach, but...). Zerubavel broughtthe first Korban on the new Mizbei'ach, 538 b.c.e. Ezra read the Torah to the people, 444 b.c.e. Jews of Mogilev, Russia attacked during Tashlich, 1645. Yahrzeit of the Malbim, 1879. Daf Yomi was begun, 1923. [September 11] First organized attack by Nazi stormtroopers, Berlin, 1931. Ghetto of Uman was liquidated by the Nazis, 1941. 90,000 Jews of the Warsaw ghetto were deported to extermination camps, 1942. [2 Tishrei] First Shabbat of Creation. Refugee Jews in France deprived of civil rights, 1940. [September 12] First shul services in Manhattan, 1654. First for St. Louis, 1836. Gedera was attacked by Arabs, 1901. [3 Tishrei] Gedaliya, autonomous governor of Judea, assassinated; remnant of Jewish population in Eretz Yisrael exiled. [September 13] 40 rabbis of the Lodz ghetto were executed by the Nazis, 1942. Jews of Klausenburg, Hungary massacred, 1600. [4 Tishrei] First Jewish congregation established in Stockholm, Sweden, 1775. Blood-libel in Galatz, Rumania, 1867. Yahrzeit of the Chayei Adam, 1820. [September 14] The Supreme court of Israel, 1948. First Jewish self-defense organization in E. Yisrael, 1908. [5 Tishrei] Birthday of Naftali b. Yaakov. Rabbi Akiva imprisoned by Romans. [September 15] British troops occupied New York; they disrupted Jewish communal life, 1776. Nuremberg racial laws, 1935. First shul in South Africa, 1849. [6 Tishrei] Jewish community of Berlin was organized, 1671. Germany occupied Lukow, Poland, killing many Jews. [September 16] Jewish converts to Christianity were forbidden by the Church to divorce their wives. [The Rosh
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