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October 22

Christian
YahrzeitsHebrew-calendar remembrances

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on October 22 this year.

  • Rachel Imenu (Rachel)d. 1553 BCE

    Matriarch; wife of Yaakov, mother of Yosef and Binyamin

  • R. Nachum of Chernobyl (Meor Einayim)d. 1797 CE

    Author of Meor Einayim and founder of the Chernobyl dynasty

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  1. 1965 CEChristian · died

    Paul Tillich, the German-American Protestant theologian and philosopher of religion, died in Chicago.

  2. 1978 CEChristian

    Pope John Paul II celebrated his inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square, marking the formal start of his pontificate.

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