Today is Monday, Adar 27, 5786 · March 16, 2026
Today in Jewish History
• Passing of Zedekiah (397 BCE)
Zedekiah was the last king of the royal
house of David to reign in the Holy Land. He ascended the throne in 434 BCE,
after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia (to whom the kingdom of Judah was then subject) exiled King Jeconiah (Zedekiah's nephew) to Babylonia . In 425 BCE Zedekiah rebelled against Babylonian rule, and Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem (in Tevet 10 of that year); in the summer of 423 BCE the walls of Jerusalem were penetrated,
the city conquered, the (first) Holy Temple destroyed, and the people of Judah exiled
to Babylonia. Zedekiah tried escaping through a tunnel leading out of the city, but was captured; his sons were killed before his eyes, and then he was blinded. Zedekiah languished in the royal dungeon in Babylonia until Nebuchadnezzar's death in 397 BCE; Evil Meroduch -- Nebuchadnezzar's son and successor -- freed him (and his nephew Jeconiah) on the 27th of Adar, but Zedikiah died that same day.
Link: Zedekiah: The Last King of Israel
• Rebbe Falls Ill (1992)
On the 27th of Adar I, 5752 (Monday, March 2, 1992), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, suffered a disabling stroke while praying at the gravesite of the previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch. On the same date two years later, the Rebbe lost consciousness following another stroke; three months later, on the 3rd of Tammuz 5754 (June 12, 1994), the Rebbe's soul ascended on high, orphaning a generation.
Links:
A Gathering With the Rebbe
A Silence Louder Than Words
Everyone a Tzaddik: Miracles, Transmission and Ascent
Daily Quote
And Abraham approached G‑d and said: “. . . It behooves You not to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked . . . Shall the Judge of all the earth not act justly?”
— Genesis 18:25
Daily Torah Study
Chumash: Vayikra, 2nd Portion Vayikra (Leviticus) 1:14-2:6 with Rashi
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Tehillim: Chapters 120 - 134
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Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 37
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvot:
• 1 Chapter A Day: Avodat Kochavim Avodat Kochavim - Chapter 6
• 3 Chapters A Day: Shabbat Shabbat - Chapter 15, Shabbat Shabbat - Chapter 16, Shabbat Shabbat - Chapter 17
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