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 ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Shabbat, 25 Adar, 5783 March 18, 2023 Hachodesh Torah Reading Vayak'hel-Pekudei: Exodus 35:1 - 40:38 Parshat Hachodesh: Exodus 12:1-20 Hachodesh: Ezekiel 45:18 - 46:15 Jewish History Nebuchadnezzar died (397 BCE) Death of King Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian emperor who conquered Jerusalem and  destroyed the first Holy Temple  26 years earlier, died on the 25th of Adar of the year 3364 from creation. (Jeremiah 52:31) Rebbetzin's Birthday (1901) Rebbetzin Chaya Mushkah Schneerson (1901-1988) of righteous memory, wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe of righteous memory, was born on Shabbat, the 25th of Adar, in Babinovich, a town near the Russian city of Lubavitch, in the year 5661 from creation (1901). In an address delivered on the 25 of Adar of 1988 (the Rebbetzin's 87th birthday, and about a month after her passing), the Rebbe initiated an international birthday campaign, urging people to celebrate their birthdays and utilize the day as a time of introsp...

 ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Shabbat, 18 Adar, 5783 March 11, 2023 Parah Torah Reading Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11 - 34:35 Parshat Parah: Numbers 19:1-22 Parah: Ezekiel 36:16-36 Jewish History First Jewish Governor (1801) When Governor of Georgia James Jackson resigned his post to serve as a US senator, the president of the Georgia Senate, David Emanuel, was sworn in as governor. March 3, 1801, was the first time that a Jewish person served as governor of a US state. Emanuel served the remaining eight months of Jackson's term, but did not seek re-election, opting instead to retire from politics. In 1812, Georgia named a new county in his honor: "Emanuel County." First US Jewish Periodical (1823) The inaugural edition of "The Jew," the first Jewish periodical in the United States, was published in March of 1823. It was published in New York City and edited by Solomon H. Jackson. The subtitle of the paper was “Being a defence of Judaism against all adversaries, and particula...

 ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Shabbat, March 4, 2023 11 Adar, 5783 Zachor Torah Reading Tetzaveh: Exodus 27:20 - 30:10 Parshat Zachor: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 Zachor: Samuel I 15:1-34 Jewish History First Print of Rashi (1475) Rashi, the most basic commentary on the Torah, was printed for the first time, in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. In this print, the commentary on the Five Books of Moses, authored in the 11th century by Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, was not on the same page as the text of the Scriptures, as it is normally printed today. This was the first time that the rounded Hebrew font was used, the font which has since become known as "Rashi Letters." Links: Rashi Learn Torah With Rashi Passing of Rogatchover (1936) Rabbi Yosef Rosen, known as the Rogatchover Gaon (Prodigy/Genius), passed away in Vienna on Thursday, March 5, 1936. Rabbi Rosen, born in 1858, and raised in the Belarusian city of Rogatchov, served for decades as a rabbi in the Latvian city of Dvinsk (Daugavpils). He was ...