Wednesday · Yom Revi'i
יום רביעי
29 Adar 5759
Wednesday, March 17, 1999
Notable on 29 Adar
Austrian Jews Required to Belong to Government Religious Community
Jews of Austria were required by law to belong to the government-established religious community, 1890.
Napoleon Captures Jaffa
Napoleon captured the city of Jaffa, Palestine, 1799.
Rav Shlomo HaCohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk
First Rebbe of the Radomsk dynasty, author of Tiferes Shlomo on Chumash and the Moadim.
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky
Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaas who, along with Rav Moshe Feinstein, led American Jewry in halachic and spiritual guidance. Author of Emes LeYaakov.
About 29 Adar 5759
Wednesday, March 17, 1999 corresponds to 29 Adar 5759 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.