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January 18

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YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on January 18 this year.

  • R. Yitzchak Kadurid. 2006 CE

    Renowned centenarian Sephardic kabbalist of Jerusalem

  1. 1562 CEChristian

    Under Pope Pius IV the Council of Trent reopened at Trent for its third and final period, which continued until December 1563.

  2. 1939 CEBuddhist · born

    Bernie Glassman, the American Zen teacher who founded the Zen Peacemakers and pioneered socially engaged practice, was born in Brooklyn, New York.

  3. 1951 CEChristian · died

    Amy Carmichael, the Irish missionary who founded the Dohnavur Fellowship in South India, died after fifty-five years there.

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