History events
-519 — (6st of Tevet, 3243) According to some sources this is the day that, the foundations for the Second Temple were laid during the second year of the reign the Persian ruler, Darius with the support of Haggai and Zachariah. It would take four years to complete the project
1204 — (20 Tevet 4965) Rambam died.
1360 — (3st of Tevet, 5121) Emperor Charles IV. makes an agreement with Rudolph IV. of Austria and John of Bohemia not to receive Jews expelled from Austria, and vice versa
1493 — (4 Tevet 5254) The printers, the brothers David and Samuel Nahmias from Constantinople, published Jacob ben Asher’s work «Arba Turim.»
1532 — (15 Tevet 5293) At the age of 32, Shlomo Molcho was burned at the stake — an adventurer, Kabbalist, and initiator of a messianic movement.
1742 — (new style; 27 Kislev 5503) The daughter of Peter I, Elizabeth Petrovna, issued a Personal Decree «On the expulsion from both Great Russian and Little Russian cities, villages, and hamlets of all Jews, of whatever rank or dignity, with all their property abroad, and on not admitting them into Russia in the future, except for those wishing to accept the Christian faith of the Greek confession.»
1881 — (21st of Kislev, 5642) A Pogrom begins in Warsaw that leaves approximately 1,500 Jewish homes, shops and synagogues in ruins
1924 — (16 Kislev 5685) Herzliya was founded by American Jews
1935 — (17st of Kislev, 5696) Jews were excluded from the medical profession in Germany
1941 — (23 Kislev 5702) Shoah. In the Liepaja newspaper «Kurzemes Vards,» a fascist order for Jews was printed: «It is forbidden to leave one’s apartments on Monday, December 15, and Tuesday, December 16.»
1941 — (23 Kislev 5702) Shoah. The cleansing of Simferopol ended: in total, over three days, Operational Group D shot 9,600 Jews. In Bakhchisarai, 90 Jews were shot. In the village of Telman (Sudak district, Crimea), 24 Jews were shot. In Litin (Vinnitsa region), 1,986 Jews were shot — 300 men, 500 women, and 1,186 children.
1941 — (23 Kislev 5702) Shoah. In Paris, about one hundred representatives of the Jewish intelligentsia were arrested.
1942 — (5 Tevet 5703) Shoah. In Komsomolskoye (Vinnitsa region), the last 7 Jewish artisans were shot. In Kolomyia, another Jewish action was carried out.
1943 — (16st of Kislev, 5704) Нolocaust. As the SS began its extermination of the local population of Vladimir-Volynski, Poland, they were attacked by 30 armed Jews. A number of the SS officers were killed as well as half of the attacking force
1947 — (30st of Kislev, 5708) Тerrorist attack. Several Irgun members driving in two cars near the Damascus Gate bus station hurled two bombs into the crowd and opened fire with automatic weapons killing five Arabs including a fourteen year old boy
1947 — (30st of Kislev, 5708) The Arab League tells U.S. and Britain that partition would be considered a hostile act toward Moslems
1947 — (30 Kislev 5708) Terror attack. An Irgun fighter threw 2 grenades into a crowd of Arabs at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem; 6 people were killed and 40 wounded
1949 — (22st of Kislev, 5710) Knesset votes to transfer Israel’s capitol to Jerusalem
1949 — (22 Kislev 5710) The «Central Institute for Concentration and Coordination of Intelligence and Security Services» was created. Thus this date is considered the birthday of the Mossad intelligence service.
1949 — (22 Kislev 5710) The Parliament of Transjordan adopted a law annexing the territories of Palestine captured by Arab forces, including East Jerusalem. In April 1950, Jerusalem was officially proclaimed the «second capital» of the state, which received the name «Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.»
1952 — (25st of Kislev, 5713) The Jerusalem Post reported that the government announced an ambitious settlement program the establishment of some 100 new villages within one year
1954 — (18 Kislev 5715) Prime Minister Moshe Sharett informed the Knesset of the beginning of a trial of 13 Israeli intelligence agents in Egypt. The agents were exposed after a series of sabotage acts carried out by them in Cairo and Alexandria. Later this case would become known as the «bad business» or the «Lavon Affair.»
1965 — (19 Kislev 5726) One of the leaders of the Israeli Communist Party, Moshe Sneh, informed the Soviet ambassador in Tel Aviv of his conversation with the adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel, Gariel, in which the latter announced Israel’s intention to create its own atomic bomb. By this time, the existence of a nuclear program in Israel was no secret to Soviet intelligence. But what Moscow did not know was the stage of the work being carried out at the Israeli nuclear center in Dimona. Gariel’s report was interpreted by the Soviet leadership in the sense that Israel did not yet have nuclear weapons, and therefore there was still an opportunity to prevent their appearance, but action had to be taken without delay. According to the version of Israeli historians Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez (the book «Foxbats over Dimona»), the Six-Day War became a consequence of these «actions» of the USSR.
1992 — (18 Kislev 5753) On the way to his place of service, border guard N. Toledano was kidnapped and then killed by Arabs.
1995 — (20 Kislev 5756) In the Knesset, a discussion of the rise in car thefts in connection with the implementation of the Oslo-2 agreement.
1997 — (14 Kislev 5758) Israel. A general strike began against the government’s economic policy. After 4 days, it made concessions.
1998 — (24st of Kislev, 5759) The restored synagogue of Shimon Hatzadik (Simon the Righteous) in the Jewish neighborhood of Shimon Hatzadik in eastern Jerusalem was rededicated in the presence of former residents of this and surrounding neighborhoods.
2002 — (8 Tevet 5763) Shoah. In Kharkov, the memorial complex «To the Victims of the Holocaust» was opened in Drobytsky Yar, where in 1941-42 16 thousand Jews were destroyed.
2004 — (1 Tevet 5765) Two Israeli football referees were sentenced to 6 months in prison for taking bribes to ensure the «needed» results of matches.
2005 — (12 Kislev 5766) In Ashkelon, the first seawater desalination plant in the country and the largest in the world opened, with a capacity of 100 million cubic meters of water per year. It took 2 years to build.
2007 — (4 Tevet 5768) Israel. The strike of high school teachers ended. After more than twenty hours of negotiations, the Minister of Finance and the head of the high school teachers’ union reached a compromise agreement satisfying both sides. The strike lasted about 2 months.
2011 — (17 Kislev 5772) In Israel, the replacement of old refrigerators with new, more economical ones began. Subsidization — in the amount of up to 60% or 2,000 shekels.
2014 — (21st of Kislev, 5775) The Israeli bridge delegation won the gold medal at the Sportaccord World Mind Games in Beijing today
2018 — (5 Tevet 5779) Terror attacks. On Route 60 near the intersection, Arabs drove up in a car, one of them got out of the car and opened fire on people who were near a bus stop. Two people were killed, two were wounded. In the Old City of Jerusalem, an Arab armed with a knife attacked police officers. Two police officers received light to moderate injuries.
2021 — (9 Tevet 5782) The first official visit of Israeli Prime Minister N. Bennett to the United Arab Emirates ended.
2023 — (1 Tevet 5784) War with Gaza. Day sixty-eight. The UN approved a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the unconditional release of all captured hostages. 153 states voted in favor, 10 against (Israel, USA, Czech Republic, Austria, Guatemala, Paraguay, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, Nauru). 23 countries abstained or did not participate in the vote, including Ukraine and some Western European states. Colonel Yitzhak Ben Basat, 44, and Sergeant Eran Aloni, 19, were killed. Shelling of Israel from Lebanon and Gaza continued. The Arabic-language IDF spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Avihai Adrai, reported that during the operation of «humanitarian zones» for the civilian population in Gaza, 116 rockets were launched from their territory, of which 38 fell in the sector and the rest reached the «Green Line.»
People
1204 — (20st of Tevet, 4965) Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides), philosopher, died
1532 — (15st of Tevet, 5293) Solomon Molcho, originally Diogo Pires, passed away. He was a «New Christian» who converted back to Judaism, declared himself the Messiah, and was burned at the stake for apostasy
1585 — (2st of Tevet, 5346) Eliezer (Lazer) ben Elijah Ashkenazi who first became a rabbi in Egypt before making his way to Europe via Cyprus where he led congregations in Cremona and Posen before moving to Cracow where he passed away today.
1797 — (24st of Kislev, 5558) Heinrich Heine, German poet, born
1906 — (26 Kislev 5667) The Jewish Yiddish actress Lyuba Kadison was born. Died May 4, 2006.
1915 — (6 Tevet 5676) Yitzhak Zuckerman was born — one of the leaders of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, a member of the Jewish Combat Organization, founder of Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta’ot in Western Galilee. Died June 17, 1981.