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3 Weeks

Jewish
calendar
year
     BCE 
0     3760 --------> Creation of world
1948     1812 --------> Birth of Avraham Avinu (Abraham)
2238     1522 --------> Sons of Yaakov Avinu (Jacob) descend to Egypt
2448     1312 --------> Exodus from Egypt
2488     1287 --------> Joshua leads Jewish Nation into the Land of Israel
2503     1272 --------> Construction of Tabernacle at Shilo
2854       906 --------> Birth of King David
2870       890 --------> Death of Eli Hakohen (dest. of Shilo)
2882       878 --------> Shaul becomes king (dest. of Nov)
2928       832 --------> Building of 1st Temple
3338       422 --------> Destruction of 1st Temple
3408       352 --------> Building of 2nd Temple
 
3828       68 C.E. --------> Destruction of 2nd Temple


Rabbi Boruch Clinton teaches at the Ottawa Torah Institute yeshiva high school and Machon Sarah high school for girls (both in Ottawa, Canada). You may reach him with comments and questions at bclinton@torah.org.

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