September 10 134 CE: The great Talmudic sage, Rabbi Akiva, was taken captive by the Romans, and executed five days later in Caesarea, Israel. Rabbi...
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This Day, September 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 9 337: Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors dividing the Roman Empire between...
This Day, September 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 8 70: On the secular calendar, Jerusalem is sacked by the 60,000 troops of Titus' Roman army after a six-month siege. Over a million...
This Day, September 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 7 70: On the secular calendar the date on which a Roman army under Titus occupied and plundered Jerusalem. 1191: The Crusader army led...
This Day, December 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 6 3761 B.C.E.: The first day of the Hebrew Calendar. "The epoch of the modern Hebrew calendar is Monday, October 7, 3761 BCE, being the...
This Day, September 5, In Jewish History in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 5 394: Battle of Frigidus between Emperor Theodosius who ruled the eastern Roman Empire and Eugenius, ruler of the western part of the...
This Day, September 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L
September 4 476: The German general Odoacer defeated Orestes and deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustus marking the “official end of the Roman...
This Day, September 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 3 175(BCE): Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Greek King of the Channukah story began his reign today. 141 BCE (18th of Elul, 3619): The fight...
This Day, September 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 2 44 BCE: Cicero delivers the first of his fourteen Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next...