The Temple Institute: Holy Temple Calendar: Shvat 2, 5768

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Yom Revi'i
  • Time of the morning Tamid offering: 5:04 AM

  • Levitical song of the day:

    "G-d of vengeance - HaShem, G-d of vengeance - appear!"

    Psalm 94:1-95:3

  • Time of the evening Tamid offering: 12:11 PM

On this day, in the year 76 BCE, the Chashmonean king Alexander-Yannai died. Alexander-Yannai was an enemy of the Torah sages of his day, and ruthlessly pursued them, ordering the killing of over 50,000 sages and their supporters, between the years 82 - 76 BCE. The day of his death was declared a holiday.

See Bat Melech