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 Jewish Calendar Shabbat, 21 Tevet, 5783 January 14, 2023 Torah Reading Shemot: Exodus 1:1 - 6:1 Isaiah 27:6 - 28:13; Isaiah 29:22-23 Jewish History Shimon Born (1567 BCE) Shimon, the second son of Jacob and Leah and the progenitor of the Israelite tribe of Shimon, was born on Tevet 21 (according to another opinion, on Tevet 28), of the year 2194 from creation (1567 BCE), nine years after Jacob's arrival in Charan. Link:   More on Shimon Purim Ancona (1690) On December 23 (21 Teves), 1690, strong earthquakes rattled the city of Ancona, Italy, causing numerous structures to collapse and placing its inhabitants in mortal danger. Miraculously, the Jewish quarter was spared, suffering the collapse of only one house. In commemoration of this event, the local Jewish community established that date as a day of celebration and song, while the previous day—20 Teves—would be marked yearly by fasting and charity ( Or Boker , p. 48a). Link:   Is There a Blessing or Jewish Prayer for ...

 Jewish Calendar Shabbat, February 4, 2023 13 Shevat, 5783 Torah Reading Beshalach: Exodus 13:17 - 17:16 Judges 4:4 - 5:31 Jewish History Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah Schneersohn (1942) Wife of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi  Sholom DovBer Schneerson , and mother of the sixth Rebbe,  Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak , Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah (1860-1942) lived through the upheavals of the first half of the 20th century. She fled the advancing front of World War I from Lubavitch to Rostov, where her husband passed away in 1920 at age 59. In 1927, she witnessed  the arrest of her son  by Stalin's henchmen the night he was taken away and sentenced to death, G-d forbid, for his efforts to keep Judaism alive throughout the Soviet empire. After Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak's release, the family resettled in Latvia and later, Poland; in 1940, they survived the bombing of Warsaw, were rescued from Nazi-occupied city, and emigrated to the United ...