This Day, February 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 12 553: Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the public reading of the Greek translation to Parshat Hashavuah (weekly Torah portion)...
February 12 553: Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the public reading of the Greek translation to Parshat Hashavuah (weekly Torah portion)...
February 11 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome clearing the...
February 10 1163: Baldwin III, the first so-called King of Jerusalem to have been in “the Holy Land” passed away. ...
February 9 474: Zeno was crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. “The feeling of Emperor Zeno towards the Jews...
February 8 421: Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire serving as co-Emperor with Honorius. Constantinius only reigned...
February 7 457: Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. As can be seen from this decree, Leo was...
February 6 337: Julius I began his papacy during which “he officially declared that the birth of Jesus would be...
February 5 517/519: Alcimus Avitus, the Archbishop of Vienne in Gaul who in 576 on Easter temporarily succeeded in calming...
February 4 211: The reign of Septimius Servus, the Roman emperor who outlawed conversions to both Judaism and Christianity in...