•
1 Tevet (
circa 479 BC) –
Esther was taken to King
Achashverosh's palace, leading to her becoming queen (
Book of Esther 2:16-17). •
9 Tevet (1066) – The
1066 Granada massacre takes place, as a Muslim mob massacres 4,000 Jews throughout the city. •
10 Tevet (588 BC) –
Nebuchadnezzar II's armies besiege
Jerusalem; now commemorated as a fast day. •
10 Tevet (479 BC) – Esther appears before Achashverosh for the first time and is chosen by him to be the queen. •
11 Tevet (decreed in 1669, enforced in 1670) – Jews were expelled from
Vienna,
Austria, during the reign of
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold the First. •
17 Tevet (1728) –
Shearith Israel, the first New York synagogue, erects its first building in
Lower Manhattan. •
20 Tevet (1483) – The first volume of the
Babylonian Talmud, the tractate
Berachot, is printed in
Soncino, Italy. •
22 Tevet (1496) – Expulsion of Jews from
Portugal, four years after the expulsion from
Spain. •
24 Tevet (3rd century BC) – Jewish elders procure the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek (
Septuagint) for
Ptolemy II Philadelphus. •
24 Tevet (1812) - Death of the
Alter Rebbe founder of the
Chabad philosophy and author of the
Tanya and
Shulchan Aruch HaRav. •
25 Tevet (1559) –
Chovot HaLevavot published •
25 Tevet (circa 332 BC) – Alexander the Great met the high priest after the Samaritans said the Jews intended to betray him. •
28 Tevet (81 BC) –
Shimon ben Shetach ejects the
Sadducees from the
Sanhedrin, replacing them with his
Pharisaic disciples loyal to the
Mishnah. == See also ==