Erev Pesach
Ta'anit Bechorot
Brichat HaChama, blessing of the sun every 28 years at dawn
Birth of Maimonides, 1135
Cain and Abel offer sacrifices
Mayence (Mainz) Germany massascre, 1283
Og relates Lot capture to Abraham
Isaac blesses Jacob and Esau
Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem, Ruth 1:22
Erfurt massacre, 1349
Uprising in Warsaw Ghetto begins, 1943
Prague massacre, 1389
Death of R. Hayyim Heller, 1960, LeHikre ha-Halakhot
Birth of Hirsh Kalischer, founder of Zionism, 1795
Birth of Gabriel Rieseer, fearless champion of the Jews, Hamburg, 1806
Death of D. A. Rosenthal, convert and author, 1821
Death of Leo Wolf, author of medical works and one of the founders of the "Temple," Hamburg, 1850
Death of Wilhelm Beer, astronomer, Berlin, 1850
Death of Carl Lueger, anti-semite, installed Burgomaster of Vienna, 1897