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The Month Of Cheshvan

Date Event Year after creation
1 King Solomon finished building the First Temple. 2936
6 King Nebuchadnezar killed King Zidkiyahu's son's before him, then blinded King Zidkiyahu, see the 9th of Tamuz how he was captured. 3380
The Rambam reached Yerushalayim. 4926
Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid builds a Shul in Yerushalayim (in the old city). 5461
7 In Israel,the prayer for rain starts today.
8 Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's Shul got burnt down, together with 40 Sifrei Torah (Torah Scrolls). 5481
9 A holiday in Yerushalayim - for defeating the roman army (about a year and a half before the destruction of the second Temple). 3828
The Rambam reaches Chevron. 4926
10 Noach and family go inside the Ark. 1658
Gad the son of Ya'akov was born & died at the age of 125. 2198 - 2323
11 Rachel (the wife of Ya'akov) died [at the age of 45]. 2208
Benjamin (Rachel's son) was born. 2208
Benjamin (Rachel's son) died at the age of 109. 2317
15 Jeroboam (King of the ten tribes in the north) proclaimed this day as a holiday. 2979
Matityahu (the father of the Maccabi's) died. 3596
Rabbi Avrohom Karelitz the "Chazon Ish" died. 5714
16 "Krystelnacht" (in Germany) - over 190 Shuls were burnt down 7500 stores and shops were destroyed, over 20,000 Jews were killed and sent to concentration camps. 5699
17 The Flood started. 1658
King David found out that King Shaul and 7 members of his family (that were killed by the Givonim, see 16th of Nissan ) wern't buried, came and buried them. After that he prayed to Hashem and the famine that lasted for 3 years stopped. 2923
27 The land dried up, after the flood. 1659

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