| Today is: Monday, Sivan 25, 5771 · June 27, 2011
• Jews Debate Before Alexander (313 BCE)
• Three of the "Ten Martyrs" Killed (2nd century CE)
Among the millions of Jews cruelly killed by the Romans were the "Ten Martyrs"--all great sages and leaders of Israel--memorialized in a special prayer recited on Yom Kippur. Three of them--Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel, Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha and Rabbi Chanina S'gan Hakohanim--were killed on Sivan 25. Links:
The Ten Martyrs
The Brit Milah (covenant of circumcision) impresses the quality of self-sacrifice in the Jew. Because he has already sacrificed a part of himself at a most early age, the Jew is prepared to give his very life to G-d.
- Keli Yakar
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