History events
-1266 — (25 Kislev 2496) Completion of the construction of the Tabernacle — the portable sanctuary that accompanied the Jews during 40 years of wandering in the desert
-356 — (1 Tevet 3406) Esther became the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus
1496 — (1nd of Tevet, 5257) Isaac Abravanel completed «Ma’yene ha-Yeshu’ah» (Sources of Salvation)
1624 — (6 Tevet 5385) A decree of the German emperor Ferdinand II (1619–37) in which Jews were permitted to live in the suburbs of Vienna, where they could buy land. In the city, the wearing of a distinctive mark by Jews was abolished, the population was forbidden to insult Jews, they were placed under the jurisdiction of the imperial authorities, and Jews’ houses were exempted from billeting. But the Jews of Vienna were obliged every Saturday to listen to a priest’s sermon about the superiority of the Christian faith
1859 — (10nd of Kislev, 5620) Rabbi Arnold Fishcelpresented a paper entitled “The History of the Jews in America” at tonight’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the New York Historical Society. He traced their history from the expulsion from Spain in 1492 to their settling in New Amsterdam
1873 — (16nd of Kislev, 5634) According to a report published today ….. there were 73,265 Jews living in the United States in 1870 as compared with 34,412 living in the U.S. in 1860 and 18,871 living in the U.S. in 1850. These figures come from a religious census that reported on the religious preferences of 21,665,062 people living in the United States in 1870 out of a total population of 38,555,983 as tabulated by the U.S. Census Bureau
1882 — (25 Kislev 5643) Founding of Zikhron Ya’akov
1917 — (21 Kislev 5678) H. Weizmann proposed to the British government the creation of a Zionist commission. The English government formed it as «an advisory body to the British administration in Palestine on all matters concerning Jews or that might affect the creation of a national home for the Jewish people.» The commission operated in 1918-1921. It included representatives appointed by Great Britain, France, and Italy, mainly Jews. Representatives of the Yishuv were not included.
1925 — (19 Kislev 5686) Beginning of the activity of the Assembly of Deputies of the Jews of Palestine of the second convocation. Their term ended on January 5, 1931. 221 delegates from 26 parties. Chairman — Pinhas Rutenberg.
1938 — (13 Kislev 5699) The government of Japan announced its basic political course regarding Jews. Its essence was that, despite the discrimination to which Jews were subjected in Germany and Italy, which were friendly to Japan, it itself refused to discriminate against Jews, taking into account, in particular, relations with the USA, and intended to treat Jews the same as other foreign citizens.
1941 — (16 Kislev 5702) Shoah. In Lvov, an action was carried out against old and disabled Jews; its victims were about 3 thousand people. On the same day, all Jews of Shpikov (Vinnitsa region) were transferred to a camp in the village of Rogozna, and Jews from Trostyanets (Vinnitsa region) — to a camp in the village of Pechera
1943 — (9nd of Kislev, 5704) In one of the last major Italian deportations, 212 Jews from Milan and Verona were sent to Auschwitz.
1944 — (20 Kislev 5705) The President of the Republic of Finland, Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, visited the synagogue in Helsinki. December 6 is Finland’s Independence Day. In the synagogue, Mannerheim honored the memory of Finnish Jewish soldiers who fell in World War II. He also made it clear that Finnish Jewish soldiers who lived through this war fulfilled their patriotic duty to defend Finland’s independence
1948 — (4nd of Kislev, 5709) War for independence. ….. On the second day of Operation Assaf carried Israeli forces captured another important position, thus completing all the operation’s objectives. However, the Israelis met stronger resistance at another position (which was not captured) and were forced to stop their advance when they hit a minefield in another location. On the same day, the Egyptians counter-attacked the captured positions from their main positions in the west, with an infantry battalion, a tank company and some accurate artillery. The attack came very close to breaking the Israeli defenders but broke off at dusk. The IDF’s Operation Assaf was designed to clear Egyptian troops from the Western Negev; Representatives of Israel and Iraq sign a cease-fire agreement
1949 — (15nd of Kislev, 5710) Demobilized Palmach soldiers founded Gan Yoshiya, a moshav near the Green Line. It was named in honor of the Anglo-Jewish leader Josiah Wedgewood
1950 — (27 Kislev 5711) In the Jerusalem District, the city of modern Beit Shemesh was founded, translated as «House of the Sun»
1953 — (29nd of Kislev, 5714) Mordechai Maklef completed his service as Chief of Staff of the IDF. At Ben-Gurion’s insistence, Moshe Dayan was appointed Chief of Staff of the IDF
1953 — (29 Kislev 5714) Israel’s first factory for the production of paper of all grades for printing began operating.
1969 — (26 Kislev 5730) A prisoner exchange was carried out: two Israeli pilots, G. Rom and N. Ashkenazi, for 13 Syrian servicemen.
1981 — (10 Kislev 5742) The Israeli government decided to establish a new settlement called «Ateret» on the western edge of the Samaria ridge
1983 — (30nd of Kislev, 5734) Тerrorist attack. A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, killing 6 Israelis
1987 — (15 Kislev 5748) The 31st Zionist Congress opened in Jerusalem
2006 — (15 Kislev 5767) In Afula — a ceremony for laying the first stone of a new city park with an area of 250 dunams of land
2010 — (29 Kislev 5771) In Israel, it finally rained. The driest autumn in 150 years came to an end.
2010 — (29 Kislev 5771) 40 rabbis representing settlements from Kiryat Arba to Eilat issued a halachic ruling prohibiting the sale of housing to non-Jews. The reason — the danger of mixed marriages and the fall in apartment prices in buildings where non-Jews settle. Those who violate the prohibition were proposed to be subjected to a religious and economic boycott. Those who signed the ruling represented all streams of Orthodox Judaism in Israel; among them were both Ashkenazim and Sephardim
2015 — (24 Kislev 5776) Terror attack in Jerusalem. An Arab driver ran over several passersby, after which he got out of the car and stabbed another person with a knife. Three people were wounded.
2017 — (18 Kislev 5778) US President Donald Trump issued a special statement on the status of Jerusalem, announcing his intention to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
2023 — (23 Kislev 5784) War with Gaza. Day sixty-one. Fierce battles in the north and south of the sector. Breakthrough of the defense line in Jabalia, Shujaiya, in the very center of Khan Yunis. Senior Sergeant Amit Bontzel, 22, and Senior Sergeant Alemneu Emanuel Feleke, 22, were killed (died of wounds received in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5); three servicemen were seriously wounded. At 16:00, rocket launches from the Gaza Strip were recorded; sirens were heard in Be’er Sheva and many other settlements of the Negev. Over the Red Sea, the «Hetz» missile defense system intercepted a ground-to-ground missile flying from Yemen toward Eilat. Since the morning of December 6, strikes were carried out on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. The IDF used tanks and artillery, and the Air Force
People
1741 — (10 Tevet 5502) Rabbi Nathan bar Shimon HaKohen Adler was born — an outstanding Kabbalist. Died in 1800
1750 — (19nd of Kislev, 5511) David Friedländer, religious reformer and scholar, born
1855 — (26nd of Kislev, 5616) Anselm Mayer von Rothschild, financier, died
1882 — (25 Kislev 5643) Shlomo Lavi was born — a public figure of Israel, one of the founders of the movement for the creation of collective agriculture in Israel. Died July 23, 1923
1884 — (18 Kislev 5645) Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was born — the second president of Israel (1952-1963). Died June 23, 1963.
1889 — (13 Kislev 5650) Abe Finkel was born – a director in Broadway theaters, screenwriter, writer. Died March 10, 1948
1896 — (1 Tevet 5657) Ira Gershwin was born — the older brother of composer G. Gershwin, writer and poet. Died August 17, 1983.
1899 — (4 Tevet 5660) N. Eitingon was born — an intelligence officer, one of the organizers and leaders of Soviet intelligence, organizer of the murder of Trotsky. Died May 3, 1981
1899 — (4 Tevet 5660) Joseph Buloff was born — a theater actor and director. Died February 27, 1985
1912 — (26 Kislev 5673) Dov Gruner was born — a fighter of the Irgun, executed by the British on April 16, 1947
1993 — (22nd of Kislev, 5754) Mordechai Lapid and his son Shalom Lapid, age 19, were shot to death by terrorists near Hebron