Thursday · Yom Chamishi
יום חמישי
9 Adar I 5776
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Today's Art from Israel
Kotel at Dusk by Pessy Samson Print on Fine Art Paper or Canvas Giclée
View ArtworkNotable on 9 Adar I
First Dispute Between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai
Traditional date of the first dispute between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai.
Rav Chaim Ephraim Zeitchek
Mashgiach of Novardok in Yerushalayim and Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Chodosh.
Rav Menachem Mendel Stern
Student of Rav Yaakov Lorberbaum of Lissa, he served as Rav of Sighet, Hungary.
Rav Shimon Shkop
One of the great Talmudic methodologists, Rosh Yeshiva of Shaarei Torah in Grodno, and author of the widely studied Sha'arei Yosher.
Rav Shmuel Dovid Ungar
Nitra Rav and Rosh Yeshiva.
Rav Yechiel Schlesinger
Founded Kol Torah Yeshiva in Yerushalayim in 1939, served as a dayan in Frankfurt.
About 9 Adar I 5776
Thursday, February 18, 2016 corresponds to 9 Adar I 5776 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.