Chanukah 5
R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi released from prison, 1800
Death of R. Hezekiah b. David daSilva, 1695, Peri Hadash
Death of R. Gedaliah b. Isaac of Lunitz, 1784, Teshuvot Hen
Death of R. Abraham b. Samuel Meyuhas, 1767, Sedeh ha-Arez
Death of R. Meshullam Solomon ha-Kohen, 1819, Bigdei Kehunah
Death of Max Brod, musician, 1968
Birth of Moses J. Landau, writer, Prague, 1788
Death of Lipmann M. Buschenthal, German poet, Berlin, 1818
Birth of Sir Samuel Montague, English politician, philanthropist, Liverpool, 1832
Birth of Louis Lowe, German parliamentarian, 1837
Death of Alphonse Cerfberr, dramatist, 1859
Death of Heinrich Davidson, professor of medicine, Berlin, 1890
Death of R. Samuel Spitzer, author, Essek, 1895