March 301135: On the secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain. According to Jewish tradition he was born Erev Pesach. “From Moses to Moses there was none like Moses.’ This folk saying sums up the greatness of…

March 18

37: The Roman Senate
annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor. Caligula ruled from 37
until his death in 41. From the Jewish perspective he was not so much an
anti-Semite as a lunatic whose crazy behavior affected the Jews. The bi…

March 6

19 BCE (12th of Adar
II, 3741): The Temple “built” by King Herod was dedicated.  Technically, Herod had refurbished the Second
Temple and not built a ‘third Sanctuary.”

1239: With the Edict of
Valencia, Spanish King James I validated pri…

March 2

117(12th
of Adar, 3877):  As the rebellion by
Disapora Jews against the Roman Empire of Trajan came to an unsuccessful close,
two Jewish brothers who had been leaders in the revolt, Pappus and Julianus
were executed at Laodicea in Syria.&…

February 28

628: Persian
Shah Khosrau II who “conquered Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 during the
Byzantine – Sasanian War” came passed away today.

1255: Bishop
Richard of Worms transferred to the chapter of the local cathedral, among other
rev…