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Cheshvan 9

Death of Rabbenu Asher ben Yechiel (Jeheil), the Rosh, 1327

Purim of the Poisoned Sword, Widdin on the Danube Jews escape destruction, 1807

Death of R. Simon Shkop, Telz and Gordno Yeshivahs, 1939

Birth of Arthur Miller, writer, 1915

Death of Solomon Sforno, Hebrew writer, Venice, 1616

Birth of Moses Montefiore, the great philanthropist, Leghorn, 1784

Birth of Fabius Mieses, Brody, 1824

Birth of Albert Harkavy, historian of Jewish literature, 1839

Death of Abraham Brodsky, philanthropist, Odessa, 1884

Death of Fabius Mises, Hebrew philosophic author, Leipzig, 1899

Death of Hillel Noah Maggid Steinschneider, Jewish historian, Wilna, 1903