Shabbat · Shabbat
שבת
22 Adar I 5771
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Torah Portion
Parashat Vayakhel
פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל
Notable on 22 Adar I
Massacre of Jews of Uberlingen
Jews of Uberlingen, Switzerland, were massacred, 1349.
Rav Avraham Dov Ber Kahana-Shapiro
Chief Rabbi of Kovno who died in the Slobodka ghetto, author of Dvar Avraham.
Rav Reuven Grozovsky
Rosh Yeshivas Kamenitz and Torah Vodaas, successor of Rav Baruch Ber Leibowitz.
Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein
Author of the Aruch HaShulchan, Rav of Novardok for 34 years, and father of the author of Torah Temimah.
Rav Yisrael Moshe Dushinsky
Rosh Yeshiva of Dushinsky and Av Beis Din of the Eida Charedis, son of Rav Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky.
About 22 Adar I 5771
Saturday, February 26, 2011 corresponds to 22 Adar I 5771 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
The Torah portion for this week is Parashat Vayakhel (פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל). The weekly Torah reading cycle divides the Five Books of Moses into portions read in synagogues each Shabbat.