History events
-584 — (10nd of Tevet, 3175) The Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, began his siege of Jerusalem leading to the destruction of the first Temple. This day is commemorated as one of the «minor» fasts, lasting from sunrise to sunset
1485 — (21nd of Tevet, 5246) Joshua Solomon Soncino published Sefer ha-Ikkarim (Book of Principles) at Soncino, Italy. Sefer ha-Ikkarim («Book of Principles») is a fifteenth century work by Rabbi Joseph Albo, a student of Crescas
1801 — (24nd of Tevet, 5562) Based on a deed of conveyance of this date, Levi Solomon and Solomon Etting paid William McMechen and John Leggett for land to be used as a Jewish cemetery in Baltimore, MD
1808 — (10 Tevet 5569) Alexander I ordered a halt to the resettlement of Jews according to the “Statute on the Organization of the Jews,” which he had approved in 1804, and allowed them to remain in the villages until a new order.
1843 — (6 Tevet 5604) The incident with the Jews of Mstislavl, Mogilev Governorate. They were accused of organizing a fight with soldiers during the latter’s attempt to confiscate contraband goods. For this, the Russian authorities increased their conscription quota.
1862 — (7 Tevet 5623) A petition by the Jews of Cincinnati to President Lincoln, expressing protest against the actions of General Grant (see November 10 and December 17)
1867 — (3nd of Tevet, 5628) Jewish Emancipation Act passed in Hungary
1889 — (6nd of Tevet, 5650) The Jaffa to Jerusalem Railway Company (Société du Chemin de Fer Ottoman de Jaffa à Jérusalem et Prolongements) was founded in Paris with Bernard Camille Collas, a French lighthouse inspector, as the first director
1895 — (12nd of Tevet, 5656) Based on statements of Samuel Schafer published today the Hebrew Fair which closed last week has raised $165,000 and that when all contributions are tallied the amount raised will reach approximately $175,000. Approximately $100,000 will go to the Educational Alliance with the balance going the Hebrew Technical Institute
1901 — (19nd of Tevet, 5662) Basel. At the Fifth Zionist Congress, the “Jewish National Fund” was founded. The idea was that the land of Israel would belong not to private owners, but to a special fund, money for which was to be collected by the entire Jewish world. Soon, in every Jewish family there appeared a blue-and-white JNF box, into which both small and large sums of money were placed. The collected sums went toward purchasing land in Eretz Israel. And the JNF, according to an agreement, leases the land for a period of 50 years. The JNF bought its first lands in Lower Galilee and in Judea
1931 — (19nd of Tevet, 5692) The first Hebrew-language feature-film «Oded Hanoded» — «Oded the Wanderer», directed by Chaim Halahmi, premiered in Tel Aviv
1937 — (25nd of Tevet, 5698) The Palestine Post reported that the General Council for Palestine Jews (Va’ad Leumi) decreed that in view of certain developments, the council was the sole body authorized to reach an agreement with the Arabs
1941 — (9 Tevet 5702) Shoah. The shootings of Jews in Bogdanovka continued. In Lityn (Vinnytsia Oblast), 115 Jews were shot. In Kerch (Crimea), several hundred Jews who had been captured in the city during December were shot. Probably on the same day, 150 Krymchaks were shot in Yevpatoria, and about 15,000 Jews were killed in Drobytsky Yar near Kharkov
1945 — (25nd of Tevet, 5706) Just before dawn today British Sixth Airborne Division troops threw a cordon around Ramat Gan a town of 10,000 and searched every part of it, looking for terrorists who blew up police and military installations in near-by Tel Aviv and Jaffa Thursday night. Authorities arrested more than 800 men between the ages of 16 and 40 making this the largest action of its kind in Palestine
1946 — (6nd of Tevet, 5707) In Netanya, Tel Aviv, and Rishon LeZion, Irgun fighters flogged a major and 3 sergeants of the British Army with rods. This was the organization’s revenge for its young comrade B. Kimchi, who had been subjected to the same humiliation by the British. The event entered the history of the struggle against the Mandate under the name “Night of the Flogging.”In Palestine, Major Paddy Brett and three non-commissioned officers serving in the British Army were flogged by attackers alleged to have been members of the Irgun.
1946 — (6 Tevet 5707) Irgun fighters I. Drezner, A. Mizrahi, E. Kashani, M. Elkahi, and H. Golubovsky were arrested by the British
1947 — (16nd of Tevet, 5708) Five Jewish doctors driving back to Jerusalem from Hadassah Hospital came under attack from Arab gunman. The doctors found sanctuary with a nearby Jewish family while their attackers burned their car.
1947 — (16nd of Tevet, 5708) «The 29th of November», a ship filled with «illegal» Jewish immigrants, was driven off the coast of Eretz Israel by the British. The ship was named in honor of the date when the U.N. approved the partition resolution that effectively created the Jewish state of Israel
1948 — (27nd of Kislev, 5709) War for independence. ….. As Israeli forces finally were driving out the Egyptian invaders, the United Nations called for a cease fire between the Jewish state and the Arab aggressor in the Negev. Israel responded to the UN call for a ceasefire in the Negev by saying it will continue fighting until Egypt agrees to peace talks while the British government, in a move that shows its pro-Arab and anti-Jewish bias, insists that Israel accept the UN call for an immediate ceasefire
1952 — (11nd of Tevet, 5713) The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel protested to the West on its intensified supply of arms to the Arab states. Britain offered to sell jet planes to Israel, and in an equal number to each separate Arab state, and this would obviously give the combined Arab forces great superiority
1955 — (14nd of Tevet, 5716) In a speech to the Supreme Soviet, Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev condemns Israel as a tool of imperialist states used to threaten its Arab neighbors
1959 — (28nd of Kislev, 5720) Bari-Ilan University Holds First Commencement Services published today describes the baccalaureate activities at one of Israel’s newest institutions of higher education
1967 — (27 Kislev 5728) The 102nd Squadron was established in the Israeli Air Force, equipped with American Skyhawk aircraft.
1968 — (8 Tevet 5729) An agreement was signed on the supply of Phantom aircraft to Israel from the United States
1973 — (4nd of Tevet, 5734) While Prime Minister Golda Meir was not averse to some form of territorial compromise to gain peace with the Arabs, she said today that Israel would not descend from the Golan, will not partition Jerusalem and will not allow the distance from Natanya to the border be a mere 18 kilometers
1977 — (19nd of Tevet, 5738) The Jerusalem Post reported that the Knesset endorsed the peace plan, as drafted by Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and presented to the US and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, by 64 to eight votes with 40 abstentions. More than 1,000 settlers from the administered territories protested against the plan outside the Knesset’s gates
1987 — (8 Tevet 5748) Rabbi Kahane presented to the Knesset a bill against the falsification of the Jewish religion, according to which only one who has received an Orthodox document confirming the conferral of the title of rabbi may be called a rabbi, and the word beit knesset (“synagogue”) would designate only a building in which those who believe that the Torah was given at Sinai pray, and the text of their prayers must conform to the institutions of Judaism. To the wording of the Law of Return, after the phrase “accepted Judaism,” would be added “according to Halacha.” Apart from a rabbinical court, no one, including the High Court of Justice, would have the authority to discuss the question of who is a Jew. It was not adopted
2011 — (3nd of Tevet, 5772) Israel’s population stands at 7.836 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS) indicated today as part of its year-end survey
2013 — (26nd of Tevet, 5774) At least five Katyusha rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel
2014 — (7 Tevet 5775) Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon ordered the legalization of the illegal outpost El-Matan in Samaria. It was first built in 1999, evacuated, and rebuilt in 2001. The decision was made in response to the terrorist attack in which 11-year-old Ayala Shapiro was severely injured on December 25, 2014.
2022 — (5 Tevet 5783) According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2022 the population of Israel was 9,656,000. Of these, 7,106,000 were Jews. 2,037,000 were Arabs. 513,000 people were defined as “others.”
2023 — (17 Tevet 5784) War with Gaza. Day eighty-four. The Defense Forces expanded the operation zone in the Khan Yunis area, in the south of the Strip. Captain Arel Sharvit, 33, was killed in battle, and two servicemen were severely wounded. Shelling of the Galilee from Lebanon continued.
2024 — (28 Kislev 5785) War in Gaza. Day four hundred and fifty. Senior Sergeant Yuval Shoham, 22, was killed in battle in the north of the Strip. In another incident in the north of the Strip, two servicemen were severely wounded.
2024 — (28 Kislev 5785) The Ministry of Transport and the railway company “Rakevet Israel” announced the completion of work on the electrification of the railway section between Sderot and Ashkelon
People
1889 — (6nd of Tevet, 5650) Ludwig Philippson, Jewish publicist, died
1893 — (20nd of Tevet, 5654) Adolf Jellinek, Jewish scholar, died
1904 — Born Raphael Klatzkin — Israeli actor. Died May 27, 1987.
1909 — (17nd of Tevet, 5670) Birthdate of Johtje Vos, a Dutch woman who along with her husband hid three dozen Jews from the Nazis during World War II. In addition to which they provided assistance to an unknown number of Jews escaping through part of the Netherlands from 1940 through 1945. Mrs. Vos moved to Woodstock, NY in 1951 and passed away at the age of 97 in 2007
1930 — (9 Tevet 5691) Born Avraham Arnon — brigadier general of the Israel Defense Forces, founder of the General Staff special unit. Died April 23, 1980.
2004 — (17 Tevet 5765) Died Tzvi Tzur — Chief of the General Staff of the IDF in 1961–1964.
2005 — (28 Kislev 5766) Terrorist attack. Israel Defense Forces Lieutenant Uri Benamo was killed near a checkpoint by the settlement of Avnei Hefetz by a terrorist explosion.
2008 — (2nd of Tevet 5769) Irit Shitrit, a 36-year-old mother of four who had sought shelter in a bus station was killed by a rocket in downtown Ashdod. Her sister was one of eight other civilians injured in the attack