Tishrei

Holidays in Tishrei

Tishrei in Jewish history and tradition

• 1 Tishrei – Adam & Eve were created, according to one opinion in the Talmud.
• 1 Tishrei – Daf Yomi study regimen is launched.
• 2 Tishrei – HaRav Tuvya and HaRav Yisroel were murdered in a blood libel in Razino.
• 3 Tishrei – Assassination of Gedaliah; now a fast day..
• 4 Tishrei – King Louis XIV expelled the Jews from all French territories in America.
• 5 Tishrei – Rabbi Akiva is arrested.
• 6 Tishrei – The Wehrmacht murdered 100 Jews in Lukov, Poland, Hy"d.
• 7 Tishrei – Taanit tzaddikim commemorating Hashem's decree that the Dor Hamidbar die in the wilderness because of the sin of the Eigel HaZahav / Golden Calf.
• 8 Tishrei – 14-day dedication of Solomon's Temple begins.
• 9 Tishrei – Death of the Tanna R' Elazar ben Rab' Shimon.
• 10 Tishrei – Moses returns from a final trip to Mount Sinai, bearing a second set of tablets and a message of forgiveness for the Golden Calf.
• 10 Tishrei – Rabbi Akiva dies, after being flayed alive by combs.
• 11 Tishrei – The Baal Shem Tov writes that the day after Yom Kippur is an even greater holiday than Yom Kippur itself, a day called "Bshem HaShem" or in Yiddish "Gott's Nomen", literally "The Name of G-d".
• 13 Tishrei Passing of the Rebbe Maharash, the 4th Chabad Rebbe.
• 16 Tishrei – The Jewish population of Krems, Germany, was massacred in the Black Death riots.
• 25 Tishrei – Death of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev