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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Mourning the 8th of Tevet, the Day the Torah was Translated into GREEK

We just finished the 8th of Tevet, a day, which, though insignificant on today's Jewish calendar, was marked by the Sages (Chazal) as a fast day because “On the 8th of Tevet, the Torah was written in GREEK in the days of Ptolemy the King, and darkness came to the world for three days” — בח' בטבת נכתבה ...


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