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This Day, September 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 30 132 C.E. (10 Tishrei): On the secular calendar, Akivah ben Joseph known as Rabbi Akiva passed away.  He was born in 50 C.E., twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple.   According to tradition, he was an unle... »

This Day, June 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin

JUNE 30 713 CE: In Spain, Visigoth nobility which had held out against the invading Moslem forces, throughout the winter of 712 finally surrendered to the Arabs. A majority of the remaining Goths and Hispano-Roman people who lived in the newly acquire... »

This Day, November 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

November 30 1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by Innocent III came to a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made the first official use of the term "transubstantiation," with reference to the Eucharist (Lord's Supper). The adoption of ... »

October 30, In Jewish History, by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

October 30, In Jewish History, by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

OCTOBER 30 1207BCE: According to “three scientists from Beersheba’s Ben Gurion University” who used NASA date today is the date of the eclipse which is described in the Book of Joshua as God making the sun stand still so that the Israelites could defe... »