April 18 383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption Jewish religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. "The order which Jewish men...
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This Day, May 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 20 68(3rd of Sivan, 3828): During the Great Revolt, Vespasian captured Jericho and slaughtered the Jewish inhabitants. 325: The First Council...
This Day, March 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 12 515 BCE: On the secular calendar the construction of the Second Temple was completed. (Book of Ezra, 6:15 “And this house was finished on...
This Day, February 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 25 161 BCE: Jewish soldiers led by Judah Maccabee defeated Nicanor, the Syrian general who had boasted that he would destroy the Temple...
This Day, December 21, In Jewish History Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 21 69: The Senate acknowledged Vespasian as emperor. This marked the end of the so-called The Year of the Four Emperors during which four...
This Day, July 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 14 1086: Toirdelbach Ua Briain passed away. Born in 1009, he was the King of Munster and the High King of Ireland. During his reign, in 1079,...
This Day, March 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A Levin and Deb Levin Z"L
March 3 321: Roman Emperor Constantine named Sunday which had been a Roman pagan day for honoring the sun as a day of rest. This was an attempt by...
This Day, January 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 20 250: Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Decius reign came during a fifty-year period (235-285) that...
This Day, April 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 12 70(15th of Nissan, 3830): According to some, the date on the civil calendar when Pesach is observed for the last time before the...