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Kislev 18

Polish attack Jews in Lvov, 1918

Death of R. Abraham Maimon ha-Nagid (Abraham Maimuni), son of Moses Maimonides, 1237, Milhamot ha-Shem

Death of R. Moses Zevi Hirsch Meisels (Meizlisch), 1800, Hemdah Genuzah

Birth of Chaim Weizmann, 1874

Death of Mordecai Eliasberg, 1889, Shevil ha-Zahav

Death of Simon Dubnow, historian, 1941

Death of John Lightfoot, Christian Hebraist, Eli, 1675

Death of Arjeh Lob, preacher, martyr, Posen, 1736

Birth of Adolf Fischhof, Austrian politician, Altofen, 1816

Birth of William Ebstein, medical professor, Jauer, 1836

Death of Kaim Samuel, advocate of Jewish emancipation, Dresden, 1839

Birth of Peter Geller, artist, Skiow, 1862

Death of Simon Deutach, bibliographer, Constantinople, 1877

Death of Moise Soave, writer, Venice, 1882