Chai Elul, every creature appreciates being alive
Birth of Baal Shem Tov, 1698
Chassidic movement founded, 1734
Ethiopian (Falashas) Fesitval of the Eighteenth marking deaths of the three Patriarchs
Political independence under Simon the Hasmonean, 141 BC
Amalekites defeated Jews, Num 14:45
Death of R. Judah Loew b. Bezalel (Maharal of Prague), 1609, Golem of Prague
Death of Jimi Hendrix, 1970
Death of R. Isaac Chajes, 1613, Api Ravrevi
Death of Moses Aaron Shatzkes of Kiev, 1899, Ha-Mafte-ah
Birth of Sylvester de Sacy, Orientalist and friend of the Jews, 1758
Birth of Karl Streckfuss, apologist of the Jews, but of anti-semitic leanings, 1788
Emancipation of the Jews in Holland, 1795
Birth of Joseph Eotvos, advocate of Jewish emancipation, 1813
Birth of J. J. Sylvester, English mathematician, 1814
Death of Immanuel Cappadoce, leader in Jewish congregational life, Amsterdam, 1826
Death of Bernhard Horwitz, chess player, 1885