7 Adar 5748

Thursday, February 25, 1988

Today's Art from Israel

Notable on 7 Adar

First auto-da-fe of the Spanish Inquisition held in Seville; six conversos burned at the stake, 1481.

Jews expelled from Austria, 1670.

Moshe Rabbeinu, the greatest prophet and leader of the Jewish people, passed away on 7 Adar.

Moshe Rabbeinu, the greatest prophet and leader of the Jewish people, was born on 7 Adar.

Author of the Kli Yakar, he served as Rosh Yeshiva in Lemberg and as Rav of Prague.

Founder of the Kaliver Chassidic dynasty, the first Admor to take up permanent residence in Hungary, remembered as "the sweet singer of Yisrael."

All copies of the Talmud were seized from the Jews of France on Shabbat, 1240.

Thursday, February 25, 1988 corresponds to 7 Adar 5748 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.