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May 18

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YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

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

  • R. Chaim Elazar Spira (Munkatcher Rebbe, Minchas Elazar)d. 1937 CE

    Munkatcher Rebbe, author of Minchas Elazar

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  1. 1565 CEIslamic

    An Ottoman fleet reached Malta and began a months-long siege of the island held by the Knights Hospitaller.

  2. 1904 CEBuddhist · born

    Shunryu Suzuki, the Soto Zen teacher who founded the San Francisco Zen Center and inspired Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, was born in Japan in 1904.

  3. 1962 CEIslamic · founded

    The Muslim World League, an international Islamic non-governmental organization, was established at a conference in Mecca.

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