December
29
584 BCE
(10 Tevet 3175): The Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar,
began his siege of Jerusalem leading to the destruction of the first Temple.
This day is commemorated as one of the “minor” fasts, lasting from
sunrise to sunset. Of cours…
December 27
175 BCE (Tevet 3585): This day
marked the completion of the Septuagint
translation of the Bible into the Greek language. According to a letter from
Aristeas to Philocrates, 72 sages, (six from each Israelite tribe) were brought
to by Ptole…
December 16
1316:
Öljaitü, the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler in Tabriz, Iran, whom the former
vizer Rashid-al-Din Hamadani the Jewish convert to Islam was found of guilty of
trying to poison, passed away today.
1431:
King Henry VI of England named Ki…
DECEMBER 14
164 BCE (3597): On the secular calendar
date on which Judah Maccabee restored the service in the Temple in Jerusalem.
1243: “King Henry III turned a
confiscated synagogue into the chapel of St. Mary. Many other synagogues were
als…
December 8
65 BCE: Birthday of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the Roman poet known as
Horace who created “credat Juadaeus Appella” which gave rise to the character
of “Jew Appela.”
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1629-apella
1292: John Peckha…
DECEMBER 6
1060: Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary.
In 1061 Bela changed the Market Day from the traditional Sunday to Saturday
which may have been part of an attempt to remove the Jews from the commercial
activity of the kingdom. Giv…
December 2
127 CE: In a document drawn up on this date at a government office in
Rabbatg, east of the Dead Sea, four date groves in Maoza were registered by
their owner as part of a provincial census ordered by the Roman governor. The
date groves abut…
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