OCTOBER 7

3761 BCE: According to some Jewish
traditionalists, this corresponds to the date on which God created the
World.  This marks the start of the epoch of the Modern Hebrew
calendar.  The attached article should provide an explanation …

OCTOBER
6

877: Charles the Bald, King of France, passed away. Regardless of whatever others may think of him, Charles the
Bald, who was King of France, comes up on the plus side in Jewish history when
compared to other monarchs since he resisted enfor…

 OCTOBER 5

610: Phocas, the
Byzantine Emperor during whose reign the Jews of Antioch revolted was murdered
by his successor Heraclitus.

610: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, an Armenian
Christian” during whose nine-year rule over Jerusalem “carried …

OCTOBER
4

610:  Heraclius attacked
Constantinople, overthrew the Byzantine Emperor Phocas Augustus and proclaimed
himself Emperor. The Christian Emperor attacked his Persian neighbors to the
east with disastrous results. In 614, the advancing Per…

OCTOBER 3

1189:
Coronation of Richard the Lionheart (King Richard I) of England. “All Jews and
women are barred from the coronation ceremony, but Jewish representatives are
sent anyway with gifts in an effort to curry favor with the new English king.
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