History events
1587 — (30th of Tishrei, 5348) Roman Curia decides that a Jewish child once baptized must be brought up under Christian influences
1601 — (6th of Cheshvan, 5362) The thirty-one page L’abitacolo degli Oranti or Me’on ha-Sho’alim (The Abode of the Supplicants) by Devora Ascareilli which “was completed in about 1537” was published today in Venice possibly making it the first book published by a Jewish woman
1668 — (24th of Cheshvan, 5429) The Jews of Barbados were forbidden to engage in foreign or local retail trade. Jews were forbidden from purchasing slaves, and were forced into living in a Jewish Ghetto in Barbados
1873 — (1th of Cheshvan, 5634) The Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary was founded in Berlin today by Rabbi Dr. Israel Hildesheimer for the training of rabbis in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism.
1947 — (8th of Cheshvan, 5708) In describing the tenuous situation in Jerusalem, Zipporah Borowdky, who had just arrived from the United States, wrote her parents that “Jerusalem is thick with barbed wire and barricades…I still haven’t gotten used to the idea of being frisked every time I go into a public building, even the Post Office
1948 — (19th of Tishrei, 5706) Israeli naval commandos using explosive boats sank the Egyptian flagship Emir Farouk, and damaged an Egyptian minesweeper.
1948 — (19th of Tishrei, 5706) During the War of Independence, the Third Cease Fire went into effect, вut the Arab Liberation Army violated the truce by attacking Manara, capturing the strongpoint of Sheikh Abed, repulsing counterattacks by local Israeli units, and ambushed Israeli forces attempting to relieve Manara. The IDF’s Carmeli Brigade lost 33 dead and 40 wounded. Manara and Misgav Am were totally cut off, and Israel’s protests at the UN failed to change the situation
1948 — (19th of Tishrei, 5706) Operation Yoav, the goal of which was to secure the Negev, came to a close today
1952 — (3th of Cheshvan, 5713) The complete “Jewish Torah” was published in English for the first time. A collection of oral and written commentary (dating 200 BC to AD 500) on the first five books of the Old Testament, the Torah comprises the basic religious code of Judaism
1956 — (17th of Cheshvan, 5717) In a second round of meetings, Israelis led by Ben-Gurion meet with the British and French at Sevres, France, to make plans for coordinating a triple military attack on Egypt
1973 — (26th of Tishrei, 5734) Yom Kippur War. ….. Security Council Resolution 338 establishing a cease fire ending the Yom Kippur War was officially supposed to go into effect at 7 p.m. However, combat did not cease. Syrians continued to bombard Israeli positions. Israeli forces on the west bank ceased a major juncture of highway connecting Suez with Cairo. In Lebanon, Fatah, the Palestinian terrorist organization announced it would not accept the cease fire and fired rockets into northern Israel. It would be another 48 hours before the facts on the ground would reflect the desires of those on the banks of New York’s East River
2002 — (16th of Cheshvan, 5763) At least 14 Israelis were killed and more than 45 injured when an explosives-laden sport utility vehicle driven by a Palestinian suicide bomber rammed a bus near Hadera in northern Israe
People
1844 — (9th of Cheshvan, 5605) Birthdate of actress Sarah Bernhardt
1847 — (12th of Cheshvan, 5608) Henriette Herz, leader of the Berlin salon, died
1915 — (14th of Cheshvan, 5676) In the village of Ruzhany, Perla and Shlomo Jeziernicky gave birth to Icchak Jeziernicky who would gain fame as Yitzhak Shamir, the seventh Prime Minister of Israel
1948 — (19th of Tishrei, 5706) One day after having been mortally wounded during the battle to take Beersheba, 23 year old Avraham Abarzel, an Algerian native who survived the Nazi occupation and was serving as a member of the French Commando Company of the Palmach Hagegev’s 9th Battalion passed away after which he was buried at Kibbutz Dorot and later re-interred at the Nachlat Yitzhak military cemetery
1984 — (26th of Tishrei, 5745) Abd Rabbo murdered Ron Levy and Revital Seri today when he came upon the two hiking south of Jerusalem, tied them up at gunpoint, placed bags over their heads and shot them dead