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On this day in history

July 19

Graeco-Roman
YahrzeitsHebrew-calendar remembrances

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on July 19 this year.

  • The Arizal (Isaac Luria)d. 1572 CE

    Foundational Safed kabbalist whose teachings shaped Lurianic Kabbalah

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  • R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski of Vilnad. 1940 CE

    Leading Vilna posek and communal leader

  1. 64 CEGraeco-Roman

    A great fire broke out near the Circus Maximus and spread through much of Rome, an event the historian Tacitus later described in his Annals.

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