November 10

1217: During the Fifth Crusade, King Andrew II of Hungary defeated Sultan
Al-Adi in what would prove to by a pyric on the banks of Jordan River.  The Moslems retreated into fortified
positions from which they could not be dislodged, a…

November
6

355: Roman Emperor Constantius II
promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the
government of the Prefecture of Gaul. Constantius II followed the pro-Christian
and anti-Jewish policies of his father, Constantine …

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 5

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

610: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, an Armenian
Christian” during whose nine-year rule over Jerusalem “carried out a …

October 2

825 BCE (22nd of Tishrei, 2936): According to traditionKing
Solomon bid farewell to the Jewish people who had come to Jerusalem for a
14-day ceremony dedicating the Holy Temple (1-Kings 8:66). King David had
brought the Ark of the Covenant u…

September 30

132
C.E. (10 Tishrei): On the secular calendar, Akivah ben Joseph known as Rabbi
Akiva passed away.  He was born in 50
C.E., twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple.   According to tradition, he was an unle…