The Month Of Iyar
| Date | Event | Year after creation |
| 1 | They caught (In the wilderness) a person chopping wood on Shabos, and was put under guard till his case was decided, (it was the second Shabos after leaving Egypt). | 2448 |
| Hahsem commanded Moshe to count the people. | 2450 | |
| The building of the first Temple started | 2929 | |
| 4 | The Rambam [Maimonides] arrived in Israel | 4925 |
| 9 | The war between the Jewish people and the Palishtim started today, 30,000 Jews died and the Aron [Holy Ark] was captured by the Palishtim. | 2870 |
| 10 | When Eli the High Priest received the news that
30,000 people died also his two sons and the Ark was
taken, when he heard THAT [about the Ark] he fell back
on his head and died at the age of 98. Eli was the Judge for the people for 40 years and High Priest in the Sanctuary [Mishkan] in Shilo. Eli assumed the leadership after the death of Samson [Shimshon], and he brought up Shmual (the Prophet) who became his successor. |
2870 |
| When Eli died the sanctuary [Mishkan] in Shilo was destroyed. The Mishkan lasted in Shilo for 369 years. From there it moved to Nov under the leadership of Shmuel Hanavi [Prophet]. | 2870 | |
| Rabbi Yitschok Alfasi died today. Known as the "Ha Rif" a known commentator on the Talmud. | 4864 | |
| 14 | Pessach Sheiny - the Second Pessach, for those who were impure to bring a sacrifice on Pessach, would bring their sacrifice today instead. |
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| Rabbi Meir Bal-Hanes died, and is buried in Tiberies. | 3881 | |
| 16 | The food which the people took out of Egypt, lasted till yesterday. This morning the Manah started to fall, and Moshe Rabainu made the first blessing of Birkat Hamazon [Grace after meals]. | 2448 |
| 18 | ''Lag Ba'Omer'' - the 33rd day of counting the
Omer. A day of great rejoicing. The plague that killed 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva stopped today. The reason for their deaths, was their lack of honor for one another. |
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| Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai died today. Author of the Holy Zohar [Kabalah], and said to rejoice on his day of death. It is customary to make bon fires in Israel, to cut the children's first cutting [at the age of 3] on his grave site in Miron [next to Zefat]. | 3881 | |
| 19 | According to the AriZal, Cain killed Hevel today | 1 |
| Rabbainu Meir from Rotenburg died in prison. Was imprisoned on 4th of Tammuz [5046] was there for 7 years , died, and only after 15 years was permission given to take him out and to be buried 0n 4th of Adar [5067]. |
5053 | |
| 20 | In the second year after leaving Egypt, they left Har Sinai [Mount Sanai] after camping there from Sivan the year before. | 2450 |
| 26 | Rabbi Sa'adya Gaon, passed away. | 4702 |
| 28 | Shmuel Hanavi [Samuel the Prophet] passed away at the age of 52. | 2882 |
| The Rambam finds a Sefer Torah written by Ezra Hasofer and made it a Holiday. |
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