Thursday · Yom Chamishi
יום חמישי
23 Adar 5756
Thursday, March 14, 1996
Today's Art from Israel
Dancing Shadows of Tzfat Watercolor by Leah Luria Print on Fine Art Paper or Canvas Giclée
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Dedication of the Second Beit HaMikdash
The Second Beit HaMikdash was dedicated, 516 BCE.
Massacre of Jews of Estella
Massacre of the Jews of Estella, Spain, 1328.
Rav Raphael Shapiro
Rosh Yeshivas Volozhin who reopened it in 1899, son-in-law of the Netziv and father-in-law of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik.
Rav Yisrael Grossman
Rosh Yeshiva in Yeshivas Chabad for 30 years and dayan for the beis din of Agudas Yisrael for over 40 years.
Rav Yitzchak Meir Alter
The Chidushei HaRim, founder of the Ger dynasty, who had 13 children and outlived them all yet accepted the tragedy with love.
Seven-Day Practice Period of Assembling the Mishkan
The beginning of the seven-day practice period of assembling the Mishkan.
About 23 Adar 5756
Thursday, March 14, 1996 corresponds to 23 Adar 5756 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.