ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Tuesday, 13 Nissan, 5783 April 4, 2023
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ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Tuesday, 13 Nissan, 5783 April 4, 2023 Jewish History Abraham's Brit (1714 BCE) According to one account in the Midrash , on the 13th of Nissan of the year 2048 from creation (1714 BCE), G-d appeared to Abram, changed his name to Abraham ("father of a multitude of nations") and commanded him to circumcise himself and all members of his household--and all future descendents at the age of eight days--so that "My covenant ( brit ) shall be in your flesh, as an eternal covenant ." Abraham was 99 years old at the time, and his son Ishmael, 13. (Isaac, who was born a year later, was the first Jew to be circumcised at eight days ). Link: More on the Covenant of Circumcision Haman's Decree (357 BCE) In the 12th year of his reign (357 BCE), King Achashverosh of Persia endorsed Haman's plan "to destroy, kill and annihilate all Jews, from young to old, infants and women, on a single day, on the 13th day of the 12th month, the mont