History events
1833 — (10th of Tevet, 5594) In Prussia, a prohibition was issued prohibiting Hews from assuming the names of Christian saints as first names
1878 — (26th of Kislev, 5639) Naphtali Herz Imber, (1856-1909) a Hebrew poet, wrote the words for Hatikvah. The poem eventually became the national anthem of the State of Israel
1894 — (24 Kislev 5655) A. Dreyfus was sentenced to life imprisonment.
1917 — (7 Tevet 5678) The Parliament of Finland passed a law allowing Jews to become citizens of the country.
1934 — (16th of Tevet, 5695) Yehuda Sheftei and Moshe Dayan were wounded today in a clash with Arabs which broke in the neighborhood of Nahal, when Arabs…invaded land belong to the Jewish National Fund
1935 — (26 Kislev 5696) At the Ohel Theatre in Tel Aviv, the premiere of the play about the adventures of the brave soldier Schweik took place (Meir Margalit in the leading role); it became one of the audience’s favourites for many years
1937 — (18th of Tevet, 5698)The Palestine Post reported no fewer than 16 terrorist attacks over the weekend. An Arab police inspector, Sa¹ad al-Arab, was killed in Haifa. A second victim of the attack on the Haifa-Nahalal bus, Aaron Sloverson, died in a hospital. Isaac Orphali, 26, was badly wounded when an Egged bus was shot at near Motza
1938 — (29 Kislev 5699) The Mesilot kibbutz was founded using the “Fence and Tower” method.
1941 — (2 Tevet 5702) The Shoah. Executions continued in Bogdanovka. In Koriukovka (Chernihiv Oblast), Hungarian soldiers shot 90 Jews. In Zabolotiv (Ivano‑Frankivsk Oblast), over 900 Jews were shot. A ghetto was established in Ivano‑Frankivsk (about 20,000 people)
1942 — (14th of Tevet, 5703) The Jewish Fighting Organization (JFO) lead by Aharon Liebeskind attacked Nazi troops gathered at Cyganeria, a coffee house in Kraków, Poland, killing several SS officers
1948 — (20th of Kislev, 5709) War for independence. At night, Operation Horev began with an attack by the IDF against Hill 86, an Egyptian position overlooking the Gaza-Rafa Road
1964 — (17th of Tevet, 5725) In Israel, Levi Eshkol formed the 12th government today
1969 — (13 Tevet 5730) Israel rejected the plan of the American representative to the UN, Yost, under which the country would return to the 1949 borders, and Arab refugees would choose where to live.
1969 — (13 Tevet 5730) War of Attrition. Operation “Tarnegol‑53”. Israeli Air Force planes detected a radar (see 24 October 1969). A proposal emerged not to destroy it, but to похитить (capture) and study it (see 25 December, 26 December, 27 December 1969)
1976 — (1th of Tevet, 5737) In Israel, the government head by Yithak Rabin resigned today “after ministers of the National Religious Party were sacked because the party had abstained from voting on a motion of no confidence, which had been brought by Agudat Yisrael over a breach of the Sabbath on an Israeli Air Force base.”
1988 — (14th of Tevet, 5749) Likud’s Yitzhak Shamir formed the twenty-third government including the Alignment, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah in his coalition, with 25 ministers
1998 — (3 Tevet 5759) The Knesset passed a law to promote songs in Hebrew.
2005 — (21 Kislev 5766) The Temple Institute presented to the public the high priest’s garments, created according to the description in the Book of Exodus.
2024 — (21 Kislev 5785) The new Israeli airline Air Haifa began operating regular flights to Eilat and Larnaca from its “home” airport in Haifa.
2024 — (21 Kislev 5785) The war in Gaza. Day 443. The Kfir Brigade (162nd Division) carried out an operation in the western part of Beit Hanoun, in the north of the Strip. It was supported by the Air Force and the artillery of the 215th Brigade. Already in the initial phase of the operation, many Hamas terrorists were eliminated, and their infrastructure was destroyed
People
1653 — (12th of Tevet, 5414) Nethaneel ben Benjamin ben Azriel Trabot the Rabbi of Modena who was the uncle of Solomon Graciano, and the author of “the collection of response entitled ‘Kenaf Renamin’” passed away today
1725 — (29th of Tevet, 5486) Jacob Christian Basnage, Christian historian of the Jews, died
1781 — (5 Tevet 5542) Moses Porges von Portheim was born — one of the brothers who founded calico factories in Prague. They were the first to use steam in calico production in Austria. In 1841, Kaiser Ferdinand visited one of the factories and granted the Porges brothers the noble title of von Portheim. He died on 21 May 1879.
1863 — (12 Tevet 5624) A. Firkowicz, aged 63, arrived in Jerusalem; he was searching for ancient manuscripts on the history of the Karaites and found about 20 rarities.
1887 — (7 Tevet 5648) Y. Ettinger was born — a doctor who treated the Kremlin leaders, the first victim of the “Doctors’ Plot”. He died in prison on 2 March 1951.
1889 — Natan Altman was born — an artist, sculptor, and graphic designer. He died on 12 December 1970.
1891 — E. Bernays was born — a sociologist. He died on 9 March 1995
1993 — (8th of Tevet, 5754) Eliahu Levin and Meir Mendelovitch were killed by shots fired at their car by terrorists from a passing vehicle for which Hamas claimed responsibility
2006 — (1 Tevet 5767) Asher Weissgan, sentenced to 4 life terms for the murder of 4 Palestinians in the industrial zone of the Shilo settlement (Samaria), committed suicide in Ayalon Prison. He hanged himself in his cell using straps from his tefillin, securing them to the window bars. His prayer book was found open at the memorial prayer.
2009 — Dr. Ze’ev Wolfson, a world‑renowned environmental scientist, died.
2016 — (22th of Kislev, 5777) Rachel Freirer, a mother of six and former lawyers who practiced commercial and residential estate law officially became the first Chasidic women to be sworn in as a Judge in New York State
2023 — (10 Tevet 5784) The war with Gaza. Day 77. Three seriously wounded. During operational activities in the north of the country, Sergeant Amit Od Ziv, aged 19, was killed in a rocket attack from Lebanese territory