November 11

603 BCE (7th of Kislev): King
Jehoiakim burned the scroll which had been dictated by the prophet Jeremiah to
Barcuh ben Heriah.

518 BCE: A delegation of Babylonian
Jews arrived in Jerusalem to inquire from the prophet Zechariah whether th…

November 7

305 B.C.E.: Ptolemy, a Macedonian general who
had fought by the side of Alexander the Great, became King of Egypt.  Alexander’s empire broke into three parts
after his death.  Jerusalem and Judea
came under the sway of the Ptolemy…

November 4

1310: King Jaime II issued a royal decree
exempting Judah Bonseynor from all taxes to which the Aljama of Barcelona was
usually required to pay.  “The king also
ordered that neither Bonsenyor nor his children should be molested on acco…

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 festi…

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…

OCTOBER 20

1409 BCE (10 Cheshvan 2351): This is the
traditional date of the death of Gad, son of Jacob, one of the Twelve Tribes
(born 2196).

460: Aeilia Eudocia, the Byzantine Empress
who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem in 438, passed away …

OCTOBER 16

521 BCE (10th of Tishrei): Darius, the
Persian monarch under whose rule the Second Temple was completed, and six
companions killed another claimant to throne and cemented his position as
ruling monarch.

912: Abd-ar-Rahman III began his rei…