Har HaBait Jewish Sovereign for all Israel

 Jewish Calendar Friday, 18 Kislev, 5784 December 1, 2023 - Shabbat, 19 Kislev, 5784 December 2, 2023 Friday, 18 Kislev, 5784 December 1, 2023 Candle Lighting Light Candles at 3:55 PM Jewish History R. Abraham Maimuni (1237) Rabbi Abraham Maimuni HaNagid (also called "Rabbi Avraham ben HaRambam") was the only son of  Maimonides  (the famed Talmudist, codifier of Jewish Law, philosopher, physician and statesmen, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, 1135-1204). Born in 1185, Rabbi Abraham succeeded his father as the leader of the Jewish community in Fostat (old Cairo), Egypt, at the tender age of 19. He wrote many responsa and commentaries explaining and defending his father's writings and Halachic rulings. Rabbi Abraham passed away on the 18th of Kislev of the year 4998 from creation (1237). R. Baruch Mezhibuzher (1811) Rabbi Baruch was the son of  Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov 's daughter, Adel, and her husband, Rabbi Yechiel Ashkenazi. He was born in 1753 in Mezhibuz, the town from...