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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…

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 November 2

655: The Ninth Council of Toledo which
was held under the auspices of King Recceuith and would adopt a resolution
“that all conversos, not only converted Jews also others who had come during
the Migration Period, had to pass Christian…

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November
1

1179:
Philip II is crowned King of France. In 1180, Phillip would order the arrest of
all Jews living in his realm based on charges of ritual murder. It should come
as no surprise that two years later, in 1182 Phillip confiscated all of the…

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OCTOBER 31

445 BCE: In Jerusalem Ezra, the Scribe read 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 Purple…

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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…