Tuesday · Yom Shlishi
יום שלישי
11 Nisan 5738
Tuesday, April 18, 1978
Notable on 11 Nisan
Brit Milah of the Wilderness Generation
The generation born in the wilderness underwent Brit Milah upon entering Eretz Yisrael.
Rav Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban / Nachmanides)
Author of the famed Torah commentary integrating peshat and Kabbalah, defender of the Rif, and disputant at Barcelona (1263).
Rav Yeshayahu Horowitz (Shelah HaKadosh)
Author of the Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah), who served as chief rabbi of Prague and then of Jerusalem.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
The seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe who transformed Chabad into one of the most influential forces in world Jewry, with over 5,000 centers worldwide.
About 11 Nisan 5738
Tuesday, April 18, 1978 corresponds to 11 Nisan 5738 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.