The zodiacal sign of this month is Aries. The tribe of Naphtali is associated with the month of Nisan. It consists of 30 days, and the 1st of Nisan never falls on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. The Mishnah calls the first of Nisan the "new year for kings and festivals." Reigns of monarchs in biblical times were reckoned from that time, but later it was made the seventh month of the civil year. (Ency. Judaica)
Theme: redemption
March 2001 / Nisan 5761
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| Mar
25
Nisan 1 |
Mar 26
Nisan 2 |
27 | 28 | 29 | Mar 30 | Mar 31
Nisan 7 |
April 2001 / Nisan 5761
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 1
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2 | 3 | Apr 4
Nisan 11 |
5 | 6 | Apr
7
Nisan 14 |
| Apr
8
Nisan 15 |
9
1st day of the Omer |
10
2nd day of the Omer |
Apr 11
3rd day of the Omer |
12
4th day of the Omer |
13
5th day of the Omer |
Apr
14
6th day of the Omer |
| Apr 15
7th day of the Omer
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16
8th day of the Omer |
17
9th day of the Omer |
18
10th day of the Omer |
Apr 19
11th day of the Omer |
Apr 20 12th day of the Omer Nisan 27 |
Apr
21
13th day of the Omer Nisan 28 |
| 22
14th day of the Omer
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23
15th day of the Omer |
March 25, 2001 - New Moon - Nisan 1
1 Nisan 2048 (March 18 1712 BCE) - This day marks the traditional date the
birth of Isaac son of Abraham. He lived from 2048-2228 (180 years).
March 26, 1979 - Peace accord between Israel and Egypt is signed by Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat.
2 Nisan 2449 (March 19 1312 BCE) - Traditional date for the setting up of
the Tabernacle set up by the Israelites in the wilderness. The Tabernacle built
by Bezallel and Oholiab was made of acacia wood and covered in gold. There were
fine woven materials used in various coverings and curtains. Most of the vessels
(candelabra, table, Alters etc.) were made of either pure gold or wood with gold
coverings. After crossing the Jordan it was moved to Shilo.
March 30, 1218 - Henry III of England enforced the Yellow Badge Edict. The badge was a piece of yellow cloth in the shape of the Tablets of the Law and was worn above the heart by every Jew over the age of seven.
11 Nisan 5030 (March 28, 1270): This date marks the anniversary of the death of Moses ben Nachman (born 1194) - also known as Nachmanides or as the RamBaN. He is famed for his commentaries on the Bible and his prowess in debating (Pablo Christiany, a heretic Jew, in Aragon 1263). Although King James I decided the debate against him, Nachmanides was favored by the court. He was banished from Spain after papal pressure was brought against him. He later settled in Eretz-Israel where he established a synagogue and school for Talmudic studies.
April 7, 2001 - Shabbat HaGadol ("Great Sabbath") - The Shabbat before Pesach. "The customs pertaining to Shabbat HaGadol, in contrast – even the very existence of such a special shabbat by this name – are mentioned nowhere in the Mishna or the Talmud. The custom seems to have originated in Germany during the Middle Ages, and from there it spread throughout the Jewish world." (Yeshivat Har Etzion)
April 8, 2001 - Passover - Nisan 15
April 11, 1909: Tel Aviv, the first modern Jewish city, is founded on the sand dunes north of Jaffa with the building of 60 houses. The actual name Tel Aviv was given only the next year (Hill of Spring) and was taken from a Babylonian city (Ezekiel 3:15) and used by Nahum Sokolow as the title for his translation of Herzl's book Altneuland.
April 14, 1859: In Galatz, Rumania, Jews were
accused of taking blood from a Christian child (for the baking of matzos) though
not of killing him. Fifteen "culprits" are arrested. The next day a
mob broke into the synagogue, killing some of the worshipers, destroying some
fifty scrolls and demolishing the synagogue. The 15 were soon released with no
convictions, yet the government refused to allow the synagogue to be rebuilt for
nearly 20 years.
21 Nisan 2448 (April 7, 1312 BCE): The traditional date for the parting
of Red Sea for the Israelites on their way from Egypt.
April 15, 1916: France and Britain divide up the Middle East in the Sykes-Picot Agreement. France was assured of Syria and the Mousl, with English control of Northern Arabia and Central Mesopotamia. Pre-state Israel was divided with France controlling the Galilee, Britain the Haifa area and the rest of the country under international control.
April 19th is one of the blackest days on the Jewish calendar. From the 11th (1014) through the 20th (1903) century, this date is remembered for the atrocities which took place. (Source: The Hagshama Department The World Zionist Organization, http://www.wzo.org.il):
 | 1014: In 1013, the Civil War in Spain broke out between Arabs and Berbers. This resulted in the first Jewish massacre in Cordoba in April 1014, and the subsequent decline of the community both in population and importance. |
| 1283: In Mayence (Mainz), Germany, as a result of a ritual murder accusation (blood libel), thirty-six Jews were slain. |
| 1343: A massacre in Wachenheim, Germany which began before Easter, soon spread to surrounding communities. |
| 1506: During a service at St. Dominics Church in Lisbon, Portugal, some of the people thought they saw a vision on one of the statues. Outside, a newly converted Jew-turned-Christian raised doubts about the "miracle." He was literally torn to pieces and then burnt. The crowd led by two Dominican monks proceeded to ransack Jewish houses and kill any Jews they could find. During the next few days, countrymen hearing about the massacre came to Lisbon to join in. Over two thousand Jews were killed during these three days (April 19-21). |
| 1566: Pope Pious V, three months into his reign , rejected the leniences of his predecessor and reinvoked all the restrictions of Paul IV. These included being forced to wear a special cap, the prohibitions against owning real estate and practicing medicine on Christians. Communities were not allowed to have more than one synagogue and Jews were confined to a cramped ghetto. |
| 1903: Riots broke out after a Christian child was found murdered in Kishinev (Bessarabia). The mobs were incited by Pavolachi Krusheven, the editor of the anti-Semitic Newspaper Bessarabetz and the vice governor Ustrugov. Vyacheslav Von Plehev, the Minister of Interior supposedly gave orders not to stop the rioters. The Jews were accused of ritual murder. During the three days of rioting, 47 Jews were killed, 92 severely wounded , 500 slightly wounded and over 700 houses destroyed. Despite a world outcry, only two men were sentenced to seven and five years in prison, and twenty-two were sentenced for one or two years. This progrom was instrumental in convincing tens of thousands of Russian Jews to leave to the West and to Eretz-Israel. The child was later discovered to have been killed by a relative. |
April 20, 2001 - Yom Hashoah - Nisan 27
28 Nisan 2488 (April 14 1282 BCE): Traditional date marking the fall of the walls of Jericho.
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