Elul in Jewish History
1 Elul - Moses ascends Sinai for 3rd 40 days (1313 BCE)
2 Elul - Shulchan Aruch published (1555)
3 Elul - Death of Rabbi A. I. Kook (1935)
8 Elul - Washington Responds to Newport Jews (1790)
10 Elul - Noah Dispatches Raven (2105 BCE)
12 Elul - Nachmanides Born (1294)
13 Elul - Death of Ben Ish Chai (1909)
17 Elul - Noah Dispatches Dove (2105 BCE)
18 Elul - Death of Maharal (1609)
18 Elul - Baal Shem Tov Born (1698)
18 Elul - Baal HaTanya Born (1745)
23 Elul - Dove brings Olive Leaf to Noah (2105 BCE)
23 Elul - Death of Aleksander Rebbe Yitzchak Menachem Danziger, in Treblinka (1942)
23 Elul - The September 11 attacks (2001)
24 Elul - Death of Chafetz Chaim (1933)
25 Elul - The 1st day of Creation (3761 BCE)
25 Elul - Jerusalem Walls Rebuilt (335 BCE)
25 Elul - Death of Eleazar b. Simeon, son of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (2nd century CE)
27 Elul - Death of Belzer Rebbe (1855)
29 Elul - Tzemach Tzedek Born (1789)
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