January 7
1256: Berechiah De Nicole, the Chief Rabbi of Lincoln was released after having
been imprisoned in London on charges related to the death of “Little Hugh of
Lincoln.” The son of Rabbi Moses ben Yom
Tov of London, Reb Berechiah was an E…
December
30
39: A black day on
the Jewish calendar; birthdate of Roman Emperor Titus the man who destroyed the
Second Temple. The Arch of Titus commemorates the exile of the Israelites.
987: Coronation of Robert II, who “conspired with his vassals to…
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