Shabbat · Shabbat
שבת
27 Adar 5750
Saturday, March 24, 1990
Torah Portion
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל־פְקוּדֵי
Holiday / Observance
Shabbat HaChodesh
Notable on 27 Adar
Jews Massacred in Stamford-Fair
Jews massacred in Stamford-fair, England, 1190.
King of Austria Grants Favorable Rights to Jews
King of Austria grants favorable rights to Jews, 1255.
Rav Chaim Sinuani
Rav and Av Beis Din of Sinuan, Yemen, who participated in Operation Magic Carpet in 1949.
Rav Yeshayah Schorr
Author of Klil Tiferes on Chumash, Rav of Iasi on the Romania-Moldova border.
Rav Yisrael Bergstein
Student of Rav Shimon Shkop and the Alter of Slabodka, taught at Chafetz Chaim in Baltimore and founded a yeshiva in White Plains.
Rav Yosef Shaul Nathanson
Author of Sheilos U'Teshuvos HaShoel U'Maishiv, Rav of Lvov for nearly 20 years.
Tzidkiyahu (Zedekiah)
Last king of Yehuda, who died in captivity in Bavel.
About 27 Adar 5750
Saturday, March 24, 1990 corresponds to 27 Adar 5750 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
The Torah portion for this week is Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei (פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל־פְקוּדֵי). The weekly Torah reading cycle divides the Five Books of Moses into portions read in synagogues each Shabbat.
Shabbat HaChodesh falls on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.