ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, September 18, 2023 3 Tishrei, 5784
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Monday, September 18, 2023 3 Tishrei, 5784 Fast of Gedaliah Torah Reading Fast: Exodus 32:11-14; Exodus 34:1-10 Jewish History Assassination of Gedaliah (423 BCE) Tishrei 3rd is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple. Gedaliah's killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction. They soon fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival). Link: About Gedaliah Passing of Rebbetzin Devorah Leah (1792) Rebbetzin Devorah Leah, daughter of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi and mother of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (the "Tzemach Tzedek"), passed away on this date just three days after her young son's t