Friday · Yom Shishi
יום שישי
14 Adar I 5733
Friday, February 16, 1973
Holiday / Observance
Purim Katan
Notable on 14 Adar I
Purim
Celebration of the miraculous salvation of the Jewish people from Haman's plot to annihilate every Jew in the Persian Empire.
Rav Shimon Schwab
Rav of the Washington Heights community of New York, who escaped Nazi Germany and succeeded Rav Joseph Breuer.
Rav Ze'ev Wolf of Zhitomer
Student of the Maggid of Mezeritch, author of Or Hameir, one of the early foundation texts of Chassidus.
About 14 Adar I 5733
Friday, February 16, 1973 corresponds to 14 Adar I 5733 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
Purim Katan falls on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.