2ndב׳ElulאלולAM 0000ה׳תשפ״ו

In France, 160 יהודים YEHUDIM were burned to death after being accused of poisoning wells.

Death of ר׳ יצחק בן ששת Perfet R. YIẒḤAK BEN SHESHET.

Algiers · Africa

Polish and Lithuanian ruler Casimir IV improved civil rights for יהודים YEHUDIM.

Poland and Lithuania · Europe

Pope Julius III ordered all copies of תלמוד בבלי TALMUD BAVELI (the Babylonian Talmud) seized and burned.

Rome · Europe

Completion of the אורח חיים ORAḤ ḤAYIM section of שלחן ארוך ŜULḤAN ARUḪ.

Biria · ארץ ישראל Ereẓ Yisraʾel

Austrian ruler Leopold I laid the cornerstone of a church on the site of a בית כנסת BEIT KʾNESET.

Vienna · Europe

יהודים YEHUDIM received equal civil rights in Bologna.

Bologna · Europe

Day 282 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

HIAS disputed a claim that all imprisoned יהודים YEHUDIM had been released.

Tora, near Cairo · United Arab Republic

Terrorists from the Abu Nidal organization attacked נווה שלום NEVE ŜALOM, a בית כנסת BEIT KʾNESET (synagogue).

Istanbul · W. Asia

סליחות SELIḤOT begin for many ספרדים SEFARADIM.