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Bein Hametzarim
Countless devastating calamities befell us and our ancestors during the ‘Three Weeks’, a period of time that bodes trouble and misfortune. Twenty eight Jews were murdered in two terrorist attacks in Jerusalem on this day – one in Kikar Tzion (5735 / 1975), and one in the Machaneh Yehudah market (5757 / 1997 ) -
5399 / 1639
The passing of Rabbi Aharon Berachiyah of Modina, author of 'Maavar Yavek' -
5556 / 1796
The passing of Rabbi Moshe Shlomo, Maggid Meisharim of Vilna -
5653 / 1893
The passing of Rabbi Yehoshua Trunk, head of the rabbinical court of Kutna -
5690 / 1930
The passing of Rabbi Yeshayah Silberstein, author of 'Maasai Lemelech'