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- In 3442 (320 BCE), Ezra the Scribe died.
The Talmud states that 8, 9, and 10 Tevet were days of tragedy The Sages wished to declare all three fast days, but a three-day fast was considered too difficult for people. While the Talmud states that the tragedy of 9 Tevet is unknown, some say that the tragedy was Ezra's passing. See here.
- In 4827 (1066 CE), four thousand Jews, including Rabbi Yosef Hanagid, were murdered in an Arab pogrom in Muslim Spain.[1]
- In 5655 (1895 CE), the Degradation Ceremony of Alfred Dreyfus took place.
References[edit]
- ^ Granada by Richard Gottheil, Meyer Kayserling, Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906 ed.