Friday · Yom Shishi
יום שישי
5 Adar 5767
Friday, February 23, 2007
Notable on 5 Adar
Martyrdom of Lulianos and Paphos
Lulianos and Paphos gave themselves up to save innocent Jewish lives in Laodicea, 1st century CE.
Rav Avraham Landau of Tchechenov
Succeeded the Kotzker Rebbe and Rav Yitzchak Meir as a Rebbe when hundreds of their followers turned to him.
Rav Eliezer Gordon
Leader of the Telshe Yeshiva, student of Rav Yisrael Salanter, who was niftar in London on a fundraising mission after a fire destroyed the yeshiva.
Rav Mordechai Shlomo Friedman
Boyaner Rebbe in New York, son of the first Boyaner Rebbe, Rav Yitzchak Friedman.
Rav Ze'ev Wolf of Ostracha
Close student of the Maggid of Mezritch and Rav Pinchas of Koritz, who made aliya in 1798 and settled in Teveriya.
About 5 Adar 5767
Friday, February 23, 2007 corresponds to 5 Adar 5767 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.