Editing Nisan (section)

==In history and tradition==
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* '''1 Nisan''' The day the floodwaters receded from the earth, after the dove was sent out by [[Noah]] and returned with an [[olive branch]], according to [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 8:10-13
* '''1 Nisan''' (c. 1638&nbsp;BCE) – Death of [[Abraham]] according to the Talmud<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rosh Hashanah 11a:2 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.11a.2?ven=William_Davidson_Edition_-_English&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref>
* '''1 Nisan''' (c. 1533&nbsp;BCE) – Death of [[Isaac]] according to the Talmud<ref name=":0" />
* '''1 Nisan''' (c. 1506&nbsp;BCE) – Death of [[Jacob]] according to the Talmud<ref name=":0" />
* '''1 Nisan''' (c. 1455&nbsp;BCE) – [[Tabernacle]] (''Mishkan'') inaugurated on the second year {{cite web|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.40|title=Exodus 40}}
* '''1 Nisan''' (c. 1455&nbsp;BCE) death of [[Nadab and Abihu]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vayikra Rabbah 20:2 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.20.2 |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref>
* '''1 Nisan''' (c. 3761&nbsp;BCE) – Creation of the Universe according to [[Joshua ben Hananiah]]'s opinion in the [[Talmud]], [[Rosh Hashanah (tractate)|tractate Rosh Hashanah]] 10b–11a).
* '''1 Nisan''' (1772) – Birth of Rabbi [[Nachman of Breslov]]{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''1 Nisan''' (1892) – Death of Rabbi [[Elimelech Szapira]] of Grodzhisk{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''2 Nisan''' (1920) – Death of [[Sholom Dovber Schneersohn]], the fifth [[Chabad#Leadership|Lubavitcher Rebbe]]. His last words are recorded as, "I'm going to heaven; I leave you the writings."{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''3 Nisan''' (1492) – The [[Alhambra Decree]] orders the expulsion of Spanish Jews from [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]] and [[Aragon]] (but not [[Navarre]]).
* '''7 Nisan''' (c. 1416&nbsp;BCE) – [[Joshua]] sends two spies to [[Tell es-Sultan|Jericho]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''8 Nisan''' (1948) – Birth of [[Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II]], the present [[Pupa (Hasidic dynasty)|Pupa Rebbe]]{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''10 Nisan''' (c. 1456&nbsp;BCE) – The first [[Special Shabbat#Shabbat HaGadol|Shabbat HaGadol]] was celebrated by the Israelites in Egypt five days before [[The Exodus]].
* '''10 Nisan''' (c. 1417&nbsp;BCE) – Yahrzeit of [[Miriam]] the prophetess, 39&nbsp;years after the [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Megillat Ta'anit, fast days; Targum Yonaton, Nu. 20:1}}</ref>
* '''10 Nisan''' (c. 1416&nbsp;BCE) – The [[Israelites]] cross the [[Jordan River]] into [[Canaan]] ([[Book of Joshua]], 4)
* '''11 Nisan''' (1270) – Death of [[Nachmanides]]{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''11 Nisan''' (1902) – Birth of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]]<ref name="Tzadikim">{{Cite web |title=Tzadikim |url=https://dailyzohar.com/tzadikim/247-Rabbi-Menachem-Mendel-Schneersohn |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=dailyzohar.com}}</ref>
* '''13 Nisan''' (c. 474&nbsp;BCE) – [[Haman]]'s decree to annihilate the Jews is passed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Congress |first=World Jewish |title=World Jewish Congress |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/this-week-in-jewish-history--birth-of-moses-maimonides-rambam |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=World Jewish Congress |language=EN}}</ref>
* '''13 Nisan''' (1575) – Death of [[Joseph Caro]], author of the ''[[Shulchan Aruch]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tzadikim |url=https://dailyzohar.com/tzadikim/559-Rabbi-Joseph-Yosef-Karo |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=dailyzohar.com}}</ref>
* '''13 Nisan''' (1866) – Death of [[Menachem Mendel Schneersohn]], the third Lubavitcher Rebbe.<ref name="Tzadikim"/>
* '''14 Nisan''' (1135) – Birth of [[Maimonides]]{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''14 Nisan''' (1943) – [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]] begins. The uprising would last until 3 Iyar, and is now commemorated in Israel on 27 Nisan.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''14 Nisan''' (c. 1456&nbsp;BCE) – On the going out thereof, the eve of the 15th, was the first [[Passover]] meal, and the [[Plagues of Egypt#10. Death of firstborn son: Ex. 11:1–12:36|10th plague]] on Egypt, the slaying of the firstborn.
* '''15 Nisan''' (c. 1456&nbsp;BCE) – [[The Exodus]] from [[Egypt]], [[with a strong hand and an outstretched arm]]
* '''15 Nisan''' (c. 1713&nbsp;BCE) – Birth of [[Isaac]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosh Hashanah 11a:13 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.11a.13?ven=William_Davidson_Edition_-_English&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref>
* '''15 Nisan''' (474&nbsp;BCE) – [[Esther]] appears before [[Ahasuerus]] unsummoned and invites him and Haman to a feast to be held the same day. During the feast she requests that the king and Haman attend a second feast the next day.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''16 Nisan''' (c. 1273&nbsp;BCE) – The Israelites stop eating [[manna]] six days after entering the [[Holy Land]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''16 Nisan''' (c. 474&nbsp;BCE) – Esther's second feast, during which she accuses Haman regarding his plot to annihilate her nation. Ahasuerus orders his servants to hang Haman.<ref>Midrashic Tradition (Yalkut Shimoni, Esther, Remez 1056)</ref>
* '''17 Nisan''' (c. 24th century&nbsp;BCE) – Noah's Ark came to rest on mountains of Ararat<ref>(Nisan before Torah, Genesis 8:4, Exodus 12:1)</ref>
* '''17 Nisan'''  (c. 474&nbsp;BCE) – Haman hanged after Esther's second drinking party.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUP-XFQgTRwC&dq=Haman+hanged+after+Esther%27s+second+drinking+party&pg=RA2-PA81|title=Ruth|isbn=978-0-8146-5045-5|last1=Linafelt|first1=Tod|last2=Cotter|first2=David W.|last3=Beal|first3=Timothy K.|last4=Walsh|first4=Jerome T.|last5=Franke|first5=Chris|year=1999|publisher=Liturgical Press }}</ref><ref>[https://shaalvim.co.il/torah/maayan-article.asp?id=301 The Origin of the Hanging of Haman on Passover]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=המקור לתליית המן בפסח - מכון שלמה אומן |url=https://www.machonso.org/hamaayan/?gilayon=14&id=715 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.machonso.org}}</ref>
* '''21 Nisan''' (c. 1456&nbsp;BCE) – The [[Red Sea]] splits, allowing Israel to escape the Egyptian army.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''26 Nisan''' (c. 1386&nbsp;BCE) – Traditional yahrzeit of [[Joshua]] son of Nun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ou.org/judaism-101/bh-yom-yom/nissan/|title=Nissan|website=Orthodox Union}}</ref>
* '''28 Nisan''' (c. 1415&nbsp;BCE) – [[Battle of Jericho]] by [[Joshua]] ([[Book of Joshua]] ch. 6).
* '''29 Nisan''' (1620) – Death of [[Hayyim ben Joseph Vital]], a [[Kabbalist]] and a disciple of [[Isaac Luria]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* '''29 Nisan''' (1699) – In [[Bamberg, Germany]], during a commercial crisis in 1699, the populace rose up against the Jews, and one Jew saved himself by throwing prunes from a gable-window down upon the mob. That event, the 29th of Nisan, called the ''Zwetschgen Taanit'' "Plum-Fast", was commemorated by a fast and a [[Purim]] festivity until the extermination of the Jewish community there.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bamberg|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2422-bamberg|encyclopedia=Jewish Encyclopedia|access-date=30 April 2014}}</ref>