This week in Jewish history

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: January 10, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Elli Wohlgelernter
Jerusalem Post
01-10-2001
Headline: This week in Jewish history
Byline: Elli Wohlgelernter
Edition; Daily
Section: Jewish World
Page: 09

Wednesday, January 10, 2001 -- Tevet 15

First printed edition of Sefer Mitzvot Gadol, by R. Moshe b. Ya'acov of Coucy, is published in Soncino, Italy, 1488

Yahrzeit of Simon Ginsburg, Hebrew poet, editor and scholar, 1944

Tevet 16

Yahrzeit of R. Shmaryahu Noah of Bobroisk, grandson of the Tzemah Tzedek, author of Shemen Lamaor, 1923

Yahrzeit of Hermann Struck, artist, leader of Mizrachi movement, 1944

Tevet 17

Yahrzeit of R. Avraham b. Moshe, ...

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