א׳ באלול ג׳ת״ח 1st 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 3408Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Chronology of
בית שני
BEIT ŜENI
Return and rebuilding
כ״ד באלול ג׳ת״ח 24th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 3408Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The community resumed construction.
ד׳ בכסלו ג׳ת״י 4th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 3410Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
A delegation asked whether mourning should continue; זכריה ZECHARIA challenged the purpose of the fasts.
ג׳ באדר ג׳תי״ב 3rd 𝑜𝑓 Adar, AM 3412Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The returned community completed בית שני BEIT ŜENI.
אדר ג׳תי״ב Adar, AM 3412Precision: month · Basis: not-assessed
The returned exiles dedicated the rebuilt sanctuary with joy; its placement within Adar is inferred.
Recovery under החשמונאים HAʾHAŜMONAʾIM
כ״ה בכסלו 25th 𝑜𝑓 KislevPrecision: recurring-day · Basis: not-assessed
חנוכה ḤANUKA commemorates recovery and rededication after Seleucid authorities suppressed the practices of יהודים YEHUDIM and profaned the sanctuary.
Roman siege and destruction
י״ז בתמוז ג׳תת״ל 17th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 3830Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The rabbinic calendar gathers two distinct losses here: the city's breach and cessation of the daily תמיד TAMID offering.
ב׳ באב ג׳תת״ל 2nd 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 3830Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
A later calendar places Roman battering of a sanctuary wall here; the exact עברית IVRIT date remains uncertain.
ט׳ באב ג׳תת״ל 9th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 3830Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Roman forces destroyed בית שני BEIT ŜENI; this is its rabbinic commemorative date.
ח׳ באלול ג׳תת״ל 8th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 3830Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The traditional placement of Rome's capture and burning of the Upper City, after destruction of the sanctuary.
Footnotes
- Ezra 1–6,; 1 Maccabees 4:36–59,; Josephus, Jewish War 6.250, ↩
- Ezra 1–6, 1:1–4; 3:1–6. ↩
- Zechariah 7:2–14, ↩
- 1 Maccabees 1:41–50,; 1 Maccabees 4:36–59, ↩
- Mishnah Ta‘anit 4:6, ↩
- https://matzav.com/todays-yahrtzeits-history-2-av/ ↩
- Mishnah Ta‘anit 4:6, ↩
- Josephus, Jewish War 6.392–435,; Lendering,
Chronology 66–74,
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חגי ḤAGGAI called on the governor, high priest and community to rebuild.
The community resumed construction.
A delegation asked whether mourning should continue; זכריה ZECHARIA challenged the purpose of the fasts.
The returned community completed בית שני BEIT ŜENI.
The returned exiles dedicated the rebuilt sanctuary with joy; its placement within Adar is inferred.
חנוכה ḤANUKA commemorates recovery and rededication after Seleucid authorities suppressed the practices of יהודים YEHUDIM and profaned the sanctuary.
The rabbinic calendar gathers two distinct losses here: the city's breach and cessation of the daily תמיד TAMID offering.
A later calendar places Roman battering of a sanctuary wall here; the exact עברית IVRIT date remains uncertain.
Roman forces destroyed בית שני BEIT ŜENI; this is its rabbinic commemorative date.
The traditional placement of Rome's capture and burning of the Upper City, after destruction of the sanctuary.