ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Wednesday, February 22, 2023 1 Adar, 5783
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Wednesday, February 22, 2023 1 Adar, 5783 Rosh Chodesh Adar Torah Reading Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 28:1-3; Numbers 28:3-15 Jewish History Plague of Darkness (1313 BCE) The 9th plague to strike the Egyptians for their refusal to release the Children of Israel from slavery -- a thick darkness that blanketed the land so that "no man saw his fellow, and no man could move from his place" (Exodus 10:23) -- commenced on the 1st of Adar, six weeks before the Exodus. Link: More on The Plague of Darkness Passing of Ibn Ezra (1164) The highly regarded Biblical commentator, Rabbi Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (1089?-1164CE), passed away on Adar 1, 4924. Link: Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra Passing of Shach (circa 1663) Adar 1 is also the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the passing) of the great Halachist Rabbi Shabtai Hakohen Katz (1621-1663?), author of the Siftei Cohen commentary on Rabbi Yosef Caro's Code of Jewish Law. He is known as "Shach" -- ...