ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, August 28, 2023 11 Elul, 5783
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, August 28, 2023 11 Elul, 5783 Torah Reading Ki Tavo: Deuteronomy 26:1-15 Jewish History Completion of Beit Yosef (1542) In 1522, Rabbi Yosef Caro started writing the Beit Yosef , his famous commentary on the Arba Turim , Yaakov Ben Asher’s comprehensive Halachic code. He started writing this commentary in Adrianople, Turkey, and continued for the next twenty years, during which time he relocated to Safed, Israel. He completed the monumental work on the 11th of Elul. It took another ten years for the writings to be published. Rashab's marriage (1875) Marriage of the fifth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn ("Rashab", 1860-1920), to Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah Schneerson (1860-1942). Laws and Customs Elul Observances As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upco