ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, 20 Adar, 5783 March 13, 2023
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, 20 Adar, 5783 March 13, 2023 Torah Reading Vayak'hel: Exodus 35:1-20 Jewish History Choni the Circle Maker prays for rain (1st Century BCE) "One year, most of Adar went by and it didn't rain. They sent for Choni the Circle Maker. He prayed and the rains didn't come. He drew a circle, stood in it and said: 'Master of The World! Your children have turned to me; I swear in Your great name that I won't move from here until You have pity on Your children.' The rains came down." (Talmud, Taanit 23a) Link: Choni the Circle-Maker Passing of "Bach" (1640) Adar 20 is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Rabbi Yoel Sirkes (1560?-1640), Rabbi of Krakow and author of the Bayit Chadash ("Bach") commentary on the great Halachic work, the Arba'ah Turim . Passing of R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1995) R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was a renowned halachic authority who lived in Jerusalem . Many of his rulings