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April 27

Egyptian
YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on April 27 this year.

  • Rif (Yitzchak Alfasi)d. 1103 CE

    Author of Sefer HaHalachot, a foundational halachic code

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  1. 1906 CEEgyptian · died

    Edwin Smith, the antiquities collector whose name is borne by an ancient Egyptian surgical papyrus, died.

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