Significant Dates in Jewish History

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Sun, Oct 15 2023, 10:07 pm

I am a middle school history teacher, and I like to start off each lesson with a little tidbit of something that happened on that specific date in history. (Not necessarily relevant to the time period we learn, this is just for the girls' general knowledge.) While the internet is great with random history facts, I am having a hard time finding dates that are significant to Jewish history (or at least not anything that is not super tragic)

I am looking for things like the birth/death of gedolim; dates significant seforim were published; when different yeshivos were opened; when significant organizations were started; when a frum person accomplished something significant... etc

It doesn't have to specifically be ruchniyus aligned, just a date that is significant to us as frum people either because of what happened, or because of who did it. I am also not looking for anything majorly tragic (as I pretty much have all those days...)

THANKS!

BatyaEsther

Sun, Oct 15 2023, 10:44 pm

On November 29, 1947 the United Nations adopted Resolution 181 (also known as the Partition Resolution) that would divide Great Britain's former Palestinian mandate into Jewish and Arab states on May 14 1948 when the British mandate was scheduled to end.

At midnight on May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed a new State of Israel.

BatyaEsther

Sun, Oct 15 2023, 11:05 pm

Can you find the date that Sarah Schenirer first opened her school? (I tried to look for you quickly, but couldn’t find. Ann Koffsky’s book might have that info)- I also think that would make foe a great lesson. I loved when my girls read the Tel Am book about her.

Plonis

Sun, Oct 15 2023, 11:35 pm

mushkamothers wrote:

There's a book on this
https://store.kehotonline.com/.....-CODE

Codex Judaica is similar to Dor L'Dor, no? It has years, but doesn't go in the order of (and may not even have) specific dates of the month.

There is an app that tells you which scholars and leaders passed away today, it is called Tzadikim.
https://play.google.com/store/.....gl=US
https://apps.apple.com/ro/app/.....33105