Shabbat · Shabbat
שבת
10 Adar I 5768
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Torah Portion
Parashat Tetzaveh
פָּרָשַׁת תְּצַוֶּה
Notable on 10 Adar I
Austrian Jews Granted Equal Rights
Jews of the Austrian Empire were granted equal civil and political rights, 1849.
Massacre of Jews of Freiburg
Massacre of the Jews of Freiburg, Germany, 1349, in the Black Death riots.
Rav Alexander Moshe Lapidus
Student of Rav Yisrael Salanter, author of Divrei Emes.
Rav Yosef Baruch Epstein
Known as the Gutteh Yid of Neustadt, son of the Maor Vashemesh.
About 10 Adar I 5768
Saturday, February 16, 2008 corresponds to 10 Adar I 5768 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
The Torah portion for this week is Parashat Tetzaveh (פָּרָשַׁת תְּצַוֶּה). The weekly Torah reading cycle divides the Five Books of Moses into portions read in synagogues each Shabbat.