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August 17

Christian
YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on August 17 this year.

  • R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (Ohr Sameach)d. 1926 CE

    Rabbi of Dvinsk; authored Ohr Sameach and Meshech Chochma

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  1. 1761 CEChristian · born

    William Carey, an English Baptist minister, translator and pioneer of the modern missionary movement, was born in Northamptonshire.

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