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…

September 29

522 BCE:
Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king
of the Persian Empire. The success of Darius was good thing for the Jewish
people.  From the Book of Haggai, we can
infer that the building of th…

September 28 

48
B.C.E.: Pompey the Great was assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt
after landing in Egypt.  While many Roman
leaders get low marks in terms of Jewish History, Pompey rates at a very low
level.  He was the Roma…

September 27

0070 The walls of the upper city of Jerusalem were
battered down by the Roman army

1331: Polish forces under Wladyslaw and his son
Casimir defeated the Germanic Knights at the Battle of Plowce.  From a military point of view the bat…