History events
-2105 — (10 Cheshvan 1656) God commanded Noah, who was 600 years old, to enter the ark he had built with all his family and to let in the animals selected by God
-825 — (22nd of Tishrei, 2936) According to tradition King Solomon bid farewell to the Jewish people who had come to Jerusalem for a 14-day ceremony dedicating the Holy Temple (1-Kings 8:66). ….. King David had brought the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem’s Mount Moriah, but as a warrior he was not permitted by God to erect the Temple. However, his son Solomon did so. The Temple was the most important site in Israel a spiritual magnet for the Jewish nation’s yearnings. The magnificent structure took seven years to build, and stood for 410 years
1596 — (20nd of Tishrei, 5356) For the first time in the history of Amsterdam, sixteen “met together for worship” at the house of Don Samuel Palache, ambassador of the emperor of Morocco to the Netherlands.”
1656 — (24nd of Tishrei, 5417) Thousands of Jews killed at Lublin by Cossacks
1826 — (1 Tishrei 5587) Six wealthy Jews from Odessa submitted a request to the acting Governor-General of Novorossiya, Count F.P. Pahlen, asking for permission to open a community-funded school.
1916 — (5 Tishrei 5677) The Jewish community of Moscow called on its members to contribute additional funds to assist fellow Jews who had been displaced from the front-line areas
1938 — (7th of Tishrei, 5699) Twenty one Jews including three women and ten children, ranging in age from 1 to 12 years were killed and three others were wounded” tonight on the shores of Lake Galilee in the old Jewish quarter of Tiberias in a massacre by stabbing shooting and burning perpetrated by Arabs.
1939 — (19th of Tishrei, 5700) Нolocaust. Effective today, Jewish men in Slovakia are conscripted for labor service
1940 — (29 Elul 5700) In the summer of 1940, a split occurred in the Etzel organization, leading to a breakaway group of fighters under the command of A. Stern. On October 2, 1940, they publicly presented their program of action, aiming to «possibly take the country by force of arms as soon as possible and by all available means.»
1941 — (11th of Tishrei, 5702) Нolocaust. In Zhager, a small town on the Lithuanian-Latvian border, over 3000 Jewish men, women and children were massacred by members of the Lithuanian militia; A Nazi raid on the Jewish ghetto at Vilna, Lithuania, leaves 3000 dead at nearby Ponary
1941 — (11 Tishrei 5702) Shoah. Operational report No. 101 to the Chief of Police and Security Service: «Einsatzkommando 4a, in cooperation with two police units from the ‘South’ brigade, liquidated 33,771 Jews in the city of Kyiv on September 29 and 30, 1941.»
1941 — (11 Tishrei 5702) Shoah. The beginning of the extermination of Jews in Vitebsk. By October 12, and then on November 6-8 and December 19, 20,000 people were killed.
1941 — (10 Tishrei 5702) A patrol (4 people) from Einsatzkommando 10a began shooting Jews in Genichesk (Kherson region). In Dnipro, the commandant announced a levy of 30 million rubles on the city’s Jews as punishment for alleged robberies committed by Jews
1943 — (3th of Tishrei, 5704) The first Jewish paratroopers from Palestine landed in the Balkans….. Many of them had been chosen because they were born in the region and spoke the languages of the land like natives. These Jews agreed to help organize non-Jewish underground units on behalf of the British war effort. The British agreed to let them aid other Jews once they had completed their primary mission
1943 — (3 Tishrei 5704) Shoah. The attempt by the fascists to deport the Jews of Denmark failed. Most Jews found refuge in Sweden, where they were secretly transported by Danish fishermen. All types of transportation were used to get the refugees to the coast, even ambulances. Danish police helped people discreetly reach the boats. Crossing the strait had to be done cautiously, as patrolling German boats could check who was hiding under the tarpaulin. In such cases, those caught faced Gestapo detention and deportation to Theresienstadt. A total of 420 Jews reached this camp from Denmark, mainly elderly and sick people who found it difficult to hide. More than 7,200 people found refuge in Sweden
1943 — (3th of Tishrei, 5704) Нolocaust. ….. The Danish people rescue about 7000 Jews, only 500 of whom are captured by the Germans. The 500 seized by the Germans are sent to the Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, camp/ghetto; all but 77 will survive the war. The Danish government will persistently check on the health and welfare of the Jews who were sent to Theresienstadt, enabling almost all of them to survive to war’s end
1945 — (25th of Tishrei, 5706) Several thousand troops of the British Sixth Airborne Division disembarked at Haifa today. For all intents and purposes, this elite military unit had been sent to Palestine to put an end to “illegal Jewish immigration.”
1946 — (7th of Tishrei, 5707) Hundreds of heavily armed British soldiers and police raided as fashionable Tel Aviv café today and seized fifty Jews, thirty of whom were immediately sent to the Rafa detention camp on the Egyptian frontier. The raid at the Ginati Café was aimed at capture leaders of the Irgun
1947 — (18th of Tishrei, 5708) The Geula, which had been a U.S Coast Guard Cutter and had taken on “passengers at Burgas Bulgaria arrived in Haifa today after having been intercepted by the British Blockade and her 2,644 ‘illegals” were shipped to the camps at Cyprus
1952 — (13th of Tishrei, 5713) The Jerusalem Post reported that ….. Israel had purchased 27 Mustang fighters from the Swedish Air Force; that the overwhelming majority of the 34,000 immigrants who arrived in Israel from October 1951 to the end of September 1952 were members of Oriental communities. There were 9,800 immigrants from Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, 3,800 from Libya, 1,350 from Egypt, 5,800 from Iran, 1,000 from Iraq, 650 from Turkey, 6,800 from Romania, 650 from Bulgaria, 160 from Poland, 170 from the US and the rest from other countries
1952 — (13 Tishrei 5713) Israel. The rationing of food items was increased, including vegetable oil, tomato paste, chocolate, and jam. Specifically, chocolate was 56 grams, paste 100 grams, oil 150 grams, jam 450 grams, and sugar one kilogram. Children under 12 were also entitled to rice — 250 grams.
1956 — (27 Tishrei 5717) The largest passenger ship for Israel, «Theodor Herzl,» displacing 9,000 tons, was launched from the Hamburg shipyard.
1973 — (6 Tishrei 5734) Syria declared mobilization.
2006 — (10 Tishrei 5767) A night pogrom occurred in the Jewish and Tatar sections of the cemetery near the village of Dmitrovo-Cherkassy in the Kalinin district of Tver. A total of about 200 graves were desecrated, including 105 Muslim and 68 Jewish graves.
2007 — (20 Tishrei 5768) A new medical center opened in the settlement of Aroar (25 km east of Be’er Sheva).
2012 — (16 Tishrei 5773) The 16th International Street Theater Festival began in Bat Yam. It lasted for 2 days.
2024 — (29 Elul 5784). The IDF announced: the 36th division joined ground operations in Lebanon in «Northern Arrows» operation. It included the Golani Brigade, the 188th Armored Brigade, the 6th «Etzioni» Brigade, and other units. The ground forces’ actions were supported by air support and fire from the 282nd Artillery Brigade «Hativat A-Esh.»
2025 — (10 Tishrei 5786) The Israeli Navy stopped the «Global Freedom Flotilla» consisting of several dozen small vessels attempting to break the maritime blockade and penetrate into the Gaza Strip
People
1788 — (1 Tishrei 5549) Isaac Ber Levinson was born — a writer and advocate for the enlightenment of Russian Jewry. He died on February 1, 1860 (dates according to the old style)
1813 — (8th of Tishrei, 5574) Birthdate of Rabbi Ephraim Israel Blucher, the native of Moravia who was “the author of Healing of the Aramaic Tongue, a Hebrew grammar and whose German translation of the Book of Ruth was published at Lemberg in 1843
1854 — Sir Patrick Geddes was born in Scotland — a Scottish biologist, sociologist, and urban planner. In 1919, commissioned by the British mandate, he developed the master plan for the development of Jerusalem. At the request of Chaim Weizmann, he developed the plan for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1925, he presented the plan for Tel Aviv
1882 — (19th of Tishrei, 5643) French philanthropist Charles Netter passed away at Jaffa. ….. Born at Strasburg in 1828, he” studied at Strasburg and Belfort, and then engaged in business in Paris. He was one of the founders of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, and for a long time his house was its only home. The work with which his name is most closely connected is the foundation of the agricultural school at Jaffa; and he devoted several years of his life to promoting agriculture among the Jews of Palestine
1890 — Groucho Marx was born — an American actor. He died in 1977.
1914 — (12 Tishrei 5675) Y. Levitan was born — a radio announcer. He died on August 4, 1983.
1918 — (26 Tishrei 5779) Israel Giladi, one of the leaders of the Ha-Shomer organization, died of the flu at the age of 32.
1949 — Annie Leibovitz was born — one of the most famous female photographers in the world.
1973 — (6th of Tishrei, 5734) Senior military officials ignore the warnings of Lieutenant Binyamin Siman-Tov that Egyptians are in fact preparing to launch a military action that will take them across the Suez Canal
2024 — (29 Elul 5784) Operation «Northern Arrows.» In the battles, Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, Senior Sergeant Nazar Itkin, 22, Captain Harel Etlinger, Senior Sergeant Noam Barzilai, 22, Senior Sergeant Or Mantsur, 21, Captain Itai Ariel Giat, 23; Senior Sergeant Almkhen Terefe, 21, Senior Sergeant Ido Broyer, 21, were killed; seven soldiers were seriously wounded