OCTOBER 7

3761 BCE: According to some Jewish
traditionalists, this corresponds to the date on which God created the
World.  This marks the start of the epoch of the Modern Hebrew
calendar.  The attached article should provide an explanation …

OCTOBER 5

610: Phocas, the
Byzantine Emperor during whose reign the Jews of Antioch revolted was murdered
by his successor Heraclitus.

871: A scribe stopped
writing a ketubah that he had dated the 16th day of Tishrei
because he had made a mistak…

OCTOBER
4

610:  Heraclius attacks
Constantinople, overthrows the Byzantine Emperor Phocas Augustus and proclaims
himself Emperor. The Christian Emperor attacked his Persian neighbors to the
east with disastrous results. In 614, the advancing Pers…

September 12

490 BCE: According to German scholar Philipp August Böckh, the
Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. The Persians were led
by Darius I, the ruler under whom the Second Temple was built.  It would not be surprising i…

 September 23

484 BCE:  Birthdate of the very influential Greek playwright Euripides. Wherever Greek culture spread, writers attempted to create drama
in the manner of Euripides.  During the
time of Hellenization of the Jews, a Jewish p…

September 13

586
BCE (3 Tishrei 3338): On the civil calendar assassination of Gedaliah ben
Achikam. He had been appointed Governor of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar in an
attempt to revitalize the Jewish community. His assassin, Ishmael ben Natanya,
a descen…

September 22 

384:
Roman Emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I forbid Jews from
buying or owning Christian slaves. If any such slaves are found with Jews, they
must be removed and sold to other Christians. If a Jewish master converts…