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Tevet 17

Baghdad Purim

Philanthropin Jewish high-school founded, Frankfurt, 1804

Death of R. Aaron Zelig b. Joel Faivush, 1754, Toledot Aharon

Death of R. Jacob Kranz, Maggid of Dubno, 1804, Ohel Ya'akov

Death of Abraham b. Moses, 1725, Zera Abraham

Death of Abraham of Glogau, rabbinical author, 1725

Herzl Levi, in Colmar innocently put to death, 1754

Death of Moses Lwow, chief rabbi, Nikolsburg, 1757

Birth of Moritz Rappaport, poet, 1808

Birth of Solomon Steinhard, teacher and author, Waldorf, 1808

Death of Rachel Felix, the famous actress, Paris, 1858