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Kislev 5

Posen fast day, 1687

Death of R. Samuel Eliezer Aidles (Edels), the Maharsha, Lublin, 1631, Hiddushei Maharsha

Death of Solomon b. Joshua Maimon, philosopher, 1800, Nieder Siegersdorf

Death of Saul Pinchas Rabinowitz (Shefer), historian, 1910

Death of Dr. Pinkhos Churgin, founded Bar-Ilan University, 1957

Death of Ludwig Lesser, writer, Berlin, 1867

Death of Philip Anspach, judge at Court of Cassation, Paris, 1875

Death of Aaron Auerbach, rabbi, Bonn, 1886

Death of Moriz von Konigswarter, philanthropist, Vienna, 1893

Naphtali Maskillejson, Hebrew writer, Minsk, 1897