Nov 1, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to many traditions, on this day the flood of Noah began: “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened…....
Oct 31, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1949 that the Aliyah known as “Magic Carpet,” an immigration of thousands of Yemenite Jews to Israel, began. During this operation some 49,000 Yemenite Jews were airlifted to Israel aboard British and American transport flights. The official...
Oct 30, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1938 that the Nazi pogrom, later known as Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass,” took place throughout Germany and Austria. This event was precipitated by the murder of a German Embassy official in Paris at the hands of a Polish born Jew....
Oct 29, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1917 that the British government gave final approval to the adoption of the Balfour Declaration. This was a document that declared British support for those Jews who were trying to establish a Jewish homeland in the Holy Land. It was written by...
Oct 28, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1939 that the Nazi Governor of conquered Poland issued a prohibition against the ritual slaughter of animals. This was directed at those Jewish people who wanted to slaughter their animals in accordance with the laws of kashrut, so that they...
Oct 27, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
Cheshvan is the month that is commonly associated with darkness and gloominess. Some believe that Cheshvan is the month in which the flood occurred which bolsters the idea it is the month of darkness. On the other hand, we must consider that, though darkness and gloom...
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