19 Kislev - Other Significant Events

Other Significant Events

Rabbi Yaakov of Marvege (Korebil), a twelfth century Tosafist and Kabbalist, wrote a book called "Responsa from Heaven," in which he recorded halachic responsa he had heard from Heaven. After discussing the concept that one should only study Torah after immersion in a mikveh, he describes 19 Kislev as "a day that will herald good tidings." On this Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson commented:

Throughout the generations, that addition puzzled scholars. What were the “good tidings” received on Yud-Tes Kislev? Scholars of the later generations concluded that the phrase must refer to the Alter Rebbe’s liberation. No other event occurred on 19 Kislev that would cause the day to be labeled a day which “will herald good tidings.”

19 Kislev 1772 is also the date of the Yom Hillula (passing) of the Maggid of Mezritch, the successor of the Baal Shem Tov (the founder of Hasidism).

19 Kislev is also considered to mark the day upon which Rabbi Shneur Zalman was conceived, for he was born exactly nine months later, on 18 Elul.

19 Kislev is also the day in 2003 that Saddam Hussein was captured.

19 Kislev is also the day in 2011 that the Iraq War came to an end.

19 Kislev is also the day on which Reb Binyomin Shneur Halevi Grubner (the fullabuller Rebbe) was born.