History events
1492 — (30 Kislev 5253). The Jews expelled from Spain, 21 families, officially became citizens of Ferrara. By the decision of Duke Ercole I of Ferrara (1471–1505) and at the insistence of his wife, Eleonora of Naples, he allowed the Jews who had landed in Genoa to settle on his territory and to leave it at any time
1497 — (25rd of Tevet, 5258) Isaac Abravanel completed the “Yeshu’ot Meshiḥo» (The Salvation of His Anointed)
1796 — (20 Kislev 5557). The first printing of the book Tanya — the main work of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi — was completed.
1821 — (26 Kislev 5582). By decree of the Russian Emperor for the Kingdom of Poland, a new tax payment system was established. The main advantage for Jews was that they had to pay communal taxes based on the value of their property. The box tax and candle tax were abolished
1863 — (10st of Tevet, 5624) Hevrat Mefizei ha-Haskalah (Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia) was founded was founded in Russia
1891 — (19 Kislev 5652) The first organizational meeting of the settlers of the moshav “v’Nahala Menuha” took place; decades later, it grew into the city of Rehovot.
1891 — (19 Kislev 5652) Butcher Buschhoff from the town of Hanten in Prussia, who had been arrested on 14 October on a blood libel in connection with the death on 26 June of the son of his neighbor, a cabinetmaker, was released due to lack of evidence. The event sparked outrage among antisemites, who claimed that the Jews had bribed the judges
1937 — (16st of Tevet, 5698) The Palestine Post reported ….. that Simon Less, 24, a milkman, was killed near the Jerusalem quarter of Beit Hakerem. Shlomo Ben-Nun, 27, a policeman, was kidnapped and later murdered by armed Arabs near Kfar Hittin. A police squad killed one Arab terrorist and jailed another. Jewish buses were shot at and a number of passengers were wounded. In Berlin, Herr von Schwabach, a prominent half-Jewish banker, committed suicide when refused permission to marry his Aryan fiancée. The Lwow University closed owing to renewed anti-Jewish violence
1941 — (30 Kislev 5702). Shoah. Another 37 Jews were shot in Nova Dasheva. A ghetto was established in Shepetivka (Khmelnytskyi Oblast)
1942 — (12 Tevet 5703). Shoah. A new anti‑Jewish action took place in Ivano‑Frankivsk
1942 — (12st of Tevet, 5703) Нolocaust. ….. The Nazis shot 560 Jews in the Rakow forest. The story of the massacres that took place at the Rakow forest is typical of the Nazi atrocities during the WWII. The Nazis liquidated the ghetto of Piotrokov, the first ghetto built by the Germans in Poland. While most of the inhabitants of the ghetto were deported to be murdered at Treblinka, one group of 560 Jews was shot to death in the forest outside of town
1945 — (16st of Tevet, 5706) Fifty-two Palestinian Jews detained at a camp at Latrun halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv…were transferred to military custody today and deported to Eriterea. ….. The British believe that the Jews are part of an underground terrorist organization” but have not formally charged them with any crimes. The 52 join 300 Jews already imprisoned at Eriterea under similar conditions. When other prisoners at Latrun found out about the deportations they began a hunger strike
1948 — (18th of Kislev, 5709) Canada recognized the state of Israel
1950 — (11st of Tevet, 5711) Ten short-wave diathermy machines and other medical equipment were donated to Israel today by the American Committee for the National Sick of Palestine as special ceremonies held in the offices of the J. Beeber Company
1951 — (21 Kislev 5712). Labor Minister Golda Meir informed the Knesset about the extremely difficult situation in the immigrant camps, caused by heavy rains
1958 — (9 Tevet 5719). An Egyptian MiG‑17 that violated the border was shot down by Israeli Air Force aircraft
1964 — (15st of Tevet, 5725) Prime Minister Levi Eshkol formed his cabinet and became head of the Israeli government. Under Eshkol’s leadership, the Israeli forces won the Six Days War, which among other things, resulted in the re-unification of the city of Jerusalem
1966 — (7 Tevet 5727). Israeli Finance Minister P. Sapir called on the population to show patience and restraint due to the country’s difficult economic situation.
1970 — (22 Kislev 5731). The 6th Asian Games ended. Among 18 teams, Israel took 6th place. H. Shezafi won first place in the 800 m and 1500 m races. E. Shahamorov won in the pentathlon and the 100‑meter hurdles
1976 — (28th of Kislev, 5737) Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigned. Rabin was forced to resign over a financial indiscretion that took place while he had been Ambassador in Washington. His resignation opened the way for the election of the Likud and Menachem Begin. Up until then, Labor had controlled the Israeli governments chosen since 1948.
1983 — (14 Tevet 5744). An agreement was signed between the American company Edison and Ormat Turbines to build a factory in the country for the production of solar water heaters
2002 — (15th of Tevet, 5763) An Israeli rabbi was shot and killed on the Kissufim corridor road in the Gaza Strip while driving with his wife and six children to attend a pre-wedding Sabbath celebration in Afula
2005 — (19 Kislev 5766). A law was passed to standardize the text on road signs. Signs now display the same text in three languages: Hebrew, English, and Arabic.
2006 — (29 Kislev 5767). Shoah. In the center of Donetsk, a monument to Jewish victims of fascism, which had not yet been opened (the opening was scheduled for 22 December), was desecrated.
2007 — (11 Tevet 5768). Givat Shmuel, a settlement founded in 1944 in Israel’s Central District, received city status.
2020 — (5 Tevet 5781). Terrorist attack. In the Reihan Forest (northern Samaria), 52‑year‑old Esther Orgen, a mother of six children (the youngest child was 13), was killed. In the evening, Esther left home for a walk or a run in the forest and did not return. A search was launched. Her body was found near a forest road at night. The killer was arrested in early January. He was Muhammad Marukh Kabha, a 40‑year‑old resident of the village of Tura al‑Arabiya
People
1816 — (1st of Tevet, 5577) Simon Bondi who wrote, together with his brother Mordecai, the «Or Ester» (Light of Esther), a Hebrew dictionary of the Latin words occurring in the Talmud, passed away today in his native Dresden
1835 — (29 Kislev 5596). Mendele Mocher Sforim was born — a writer considered the father of Yiddish literature.
1883 — V. Khenkin, variety artist, was born. He died on 17 April 1953.
1904 — E. Ginzburg, writer, was born. She died on 25 May 1977.
1911 — Hortense Calisher, American writer, was born. She died on 13 January 2009.
1924 — (23 Kislev 5685). Rabbi Y. Maze died.
1926 — (15 Tevet 5687). Moshe Marzouk, a Mossad agent in Egypt, was born. He was captured in 1954 and executed on 31 January 1955. On 24 April 1977, the agent’s remains were reburied on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem
1946 — (27th of Kislev, 5707) In Tel Aiv Itzhaak Geller (Gellér Izsák), a retired army sergeant major, and Manzy Freud a distant relative of Sigmund Freud gave birth to Israeli psychic Uri Geller
1954 — (25 Kislev 5715). I. Rosenberg, the first Knesset member to be stripped of parliamentary immunity after being exposed for financial fraud, was disqualified.
1968 — (29th of Kislev, 5759) Eighty-four-year-old Israeli author and Editor Max Brod, the editor of the works of Franz Kafka of whose estate he was executor and whose most work was The Redemption of Tyco Brahe passed away today
2023 — (8 Tevet 5784). Gaza War. Day 75. Fighting continued throughout the sector. Sergeant Lavi Gasi, 19; Senior Lieutenant Yaakov Elian, 20; Senior Lieutenant Omri Schwartz, 21; and Reserve Sergeant Major Uriel Cohen, 33, were killed. Eight servicemen sustained severe injuries