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Gimmel Tammuz is the third day of the tenth month in the Hebrew year
counting from Tishrei
, which is the fourth month counting from Nissan.
Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar , or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses...
counting from Tishrei
Tishrei
Tishrei or Tishri , Tiberian: ; from Akkadian "Beginning", from "To begin") is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian. It is an autumn month of 30 days...
, which is the fourth month counting from Nissan.
Historical events on this date
- In the year (2499) ב'תפ"ט it is traditionally observed that JoshuaJoshuaJoshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...
defeated the five Kings in the protection of conquest and the War of Givonim - In the year 5678 (1927) the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn was released from prison and sentenced to three years of exile in the remote city of Kostrama, (which was ultimately commuted 10 days later on the 12-13th of Tammuz) he was arrested for spreading Judaism in communist Russia. His son-in-law and successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel SchneersohnMenachem Mendel SchneersohnMenachem Mendel Schneersohn also known as the Tzemach Tzedek was an Orthodox rabbi and the third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement.-Biography:...
stressed that even though his release from prison was followed by exile, it is nonetheless a joyous day since it was the "eschalta d'geulah" (beginning of redemption). - In the year (ה'תש"ח (5708, in part of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War1948 Arab-Israeli WarThe 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...
, the Israeli Defense Forces captured the city of Lod during the magnanimious Operation Dani. - In the year (ה'תשל"ז (5737, the IDF carried out an exercise in the largest reserve mobilization since the Yom Kippur War, to test the speed of reservists.
Births
- In the year (ה'תרמ"ו (5646 Marc Bloch, the French-Jewish historian, of the French ResistanceFrench ResistanceThe French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
and founder of Annales School, was born (executed תש"ד) (5704).
Deaths
- Of particular significance to the ChabadChabadChabad or Chabad-Lubavitch is a major branch of Hasidic Judaism.Chabad may also refer to:*Chabad-Strashelye, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism*Chabad-Kapust or Kapust, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism...
movement, one of the largest Hasidic communities in the world, on Gimmel Tammuz 5754 (1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn passed away at 1:50 am at Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan and was buried that day at the OhelOhel (Chabad)The Ohel is the name of a religious shrine in Queens, New York, to which thousands of people make a pilgrimage each year. The last Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson and his father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn are interred there...
in Old Montefiore CemeteryMontefiore CemeteryMontefiore Cemetery, also known as "Old Montefiore Cemetery," is a Jewish cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York.The cemetery is called by many names. It is known as Old Montefiore, Springfield, or less commonly just plain Montefiore....
in Queens, adjacent to the grave of his father-in-law and predecessor, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. This day is commemorated by visiting the Rebbe’s resting place, or "The OhelOhel (Chabad)The Ohel is the name of a religious shrine in Queens, New York, to which thousands of people make a pilgrimage each year. The last Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson and his father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn are interred there...
", attending Hasidic gatherings, known as farbrengenFarbrengenA Farbrengen is a Hasidic gathering. This term is only used by Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim, as other Hasidim have a Tish. It may consist of explanations of general Torah subjects, with an emphasis on Hasidic philosophy, relating of Hasidic stories, and lively Hasidic melodies, with refreshments being...
s, learning the Rebbe’s Torah insights, as well as other customs. In this Chabad chassidim follow the same customs inscribed in a letter the Rebbe wrote upon the first anniversary of the passing of his father-in-law.
- The day also marks the death and yohrtzeit of Rabbi Shneur KotlerShneur KotlerYosef Chaim Shneur Kotler was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey from 1962 to 1982. During his tenure, he developed the Lithuanian-style, Haredi but non-Hasidic yeshiva into the largest post-graduate Torah institution in the world...
, rosh yeshivaRosh yeshivaRosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
of the Lakewood Yeshiva, Beth Medrash GovohaBeth Medrash GovohaBeth Medrash Govoha is a Haredi yeshiva located in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It is commonly known as BMG, or Lakewood Yeshiva....
in in June, 1982.