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October 27

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YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

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

  • R. Elazar Menachem Man Shachd. 2001 CE

    Rosh yeshiva of Ponevezh; leader of Lithuanian haredim

  1. 1933 CEJewish · died

    Meir Shapiro, rabbi of Lublin and originator of the Daf Yomi daily Talmud-study cycle, died at age 46.

  2. 1553 CEChristian · died

    Michael Servetus, a physician and theologian condemned for his anti-Trinitarian writings, was executed at Geneva.

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