November 4

1053: Today, “according
to a document preserved in the archives of the Cathedral of Leon, the Infanta
D. Fronilda, daughter of D. Pelayo, who restored Christian supremacy after the
invasion of the Saracens, purchased, from the Jew Joseph b….

November 3

166 BCE (15th of
Cheshvan, 3595): Mattathias ben Yochanan passed away.

361: Roman Emperor
Constantius II died. Constantius II enhanced the anti-Jewish policies begun by
his father. Under his rule, converting to Judaism became a combination…

OCTOBER 31

445 BCE: In Jerusalem Ezra, the Scribe reads the Scroll
of the Law, the Torah, to the Jews of Judea as described in Nehemiah 9:1. 

475: Twenty-five years
after the redaction of the Jerusalem Talmud, Orestes refused to “wear
the Purpl…

OCTOBER 29

539
BCE:  On the secular calendar, Babylon fell to
Cyrus the Great of Persia.  This is a
significant date because it marked the start of the return of the exiles to
Eretz Israel where the Second Temple would be built.

969:
Byzant…

OCTOBER 25  

1135:
Louis VII, who “banished from the kingdom those Jews who had been converted to
Christianity and had later returned to Judaism” was crowned “Junior King of
France” today; following a Capetian custom of holding the coronatio…