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…

OCTOBER 14

680:
Wamba, the Visigoth King of
Hispania, abdicated.  During his reign,
he issued an order expelling the Jews from Spain.  This was part of an on-going policy of abuse,
mistreatment and humiliation the Jews suffered under the Cat…

OCTOBER 12

539 BCE: The Persian armies of Cyrus the Great captured
Babylon.  Within the year, Cyrus would make it possible
for the Jews to return to their homeland.

1129: The tombstone of Elijah ben Simon dated October 12, 1129 is among
the olde…