Sunday · Yom Rishon
יום ראשון
14 Adar I 5760
Sunday, February 20, 2000
Holiday / Observance
Purim Katan
Today's Art from Israel
Modern Pilgrimage by Leah Luria print on canvas or fine art paper
View ArtworkNotable on 14 Adar I
Purim
Celebration of the miraculous salvation of the Jewish people from Haman's plot to annihilate every Jew in the Persian Empire.
Rav Shimon Schwab
Rav of the Washington Heights community of New York, who escaped Nazi Germany and succeeded Rav Joseph Breuer.
Rav Ze'ev Wolf of Zhitomer
Student of the Maggid of Mezeritch, author of Or Hameir, one of the early foundation texts of Chassidus.
About 14 Adar I 5760
Sunday, February 20, 2000 corresponds to 14 Adar I 5760 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
Purim Katan falls on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.