OCTOBER 18

67 CE:
Roman soldiers captured Gamla, a fortress in Israel’s Golan region, and killed
all its inhabitants. The ancient historian Josephus Flavius, a leader of the
Jewish revolt against Rome, fortified Gamla as a main stronghold in 66 CE. Th…

OCTOBER 17

832 BCE
(7 Cheshvan 2928): This is considered the traditional date of the inauguration of
the first Temple in Jerusalem by
King Solomon.  As far
as many Jews are concerned, the dedication is tied to the holiday of
Sukkoth and dating sc…

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…

OCTOBER 15

586
BCE (16th of Cheshvan, 3176): King Zedekiah was blinded and taken
into captivity. He was the last king of Judea. Zedekiah’s
(“Tzidkiyahu”) original name was Matanya. He was torn between the two
great powers of Egypt and Babylon. Unfortu…

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…