38th day of the Omer
Simon the Hasmonean drives Syrians out of Jerusalem, 142 BCE, minor holiday, 1 Macc 13:41
Moses strikes rock for water for the first time, Exod 17:6
Israelites camp at Rephidim, Exod 17:1
Israelites camp at Kivroth HaTaavah
Crusaders massacre Jews of Worms, 1096
Kahal (communal organization) instituted in Russia, 1786
Law concerning Jewish elementary and normal schools in Russia enacted, 1872
Death of Aaron Zevi Friedman, Ba'al Shem of America, 1876, Tuv Ta'am
Birth of Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologian, 1659, De Synagoga Vetere
Birth of James Rothschild, founder of the Paris house, Frankfort, 1792
Birth of Samuel I. J. Scheresehewski, convert, missionary, translated Bible into Chinese, Tauroggen, 1831
Death of Dr. Abraham de Pinto, jurist, The Hague, 1878
Death of Wilhelm von Gutmann, financier and commercial leader, Vienna, 1895