On this day in history
May 6
MesopotamianBuddhist
YahrzeitsHebrew-calendar remembrances
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on May 6 this year.
- Maharam of Rothenburg (Meir ben Baruch)d. 1293 CE
Tosafist and halachic authority of Ashkenaz
Trace this life → - R. Menachem Mendel of Rimanovd. 1815 CE
Hasidic master and a leader of Polish Hasidism
Trace this life → - R. Ezra Attiad. 1970 CE
Longtime Rosh Yeshiva of Porat Yosef and teacher of Sephardi leaders
Trace this life →
- 1904 CEMesopotamian · born
Max Mallowan, the British archaeologist who excavated Nimrud and other Assyrian sites, was born in London.
- 2004 CEBuddhist · died
Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher, founder of the Rochester Zen Center and author of The Three Pillars of Zen, died on this day in 2004.