Sunday, 2 Cheshvan- The Talmud Yerushalmi teaches that when Rosh Chodesh occurs on Shabbos one should eat their Rosh Chodesh meal on Sunday. This custom was followed in many Germanic communities until the war.
- The yahrzeit of Rav Eliezer Shulevitz, one of the foremost students of Rav Yisroel Salanter who founded the Yeshiva in Lomza. Here is one of my favorite stories involving him.
Monday, 3 Cheshvan
- The community of Posen celebrated the day as "Purim" due to the fact that Jews who were ordered to gather shells that were being shot into the city, were not harmed.
- The yahrzeit of Rebbe Yisroel of Rhizin who was known as the Prince of the Jews and founded a Chassidic dynasty which, in its many branches, flourishes until today.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Ovadia Yosef - Chief Sefardic Rabbi of Israel. Worked tirelessly to raise the socioeconomic status of Sefardic Jewry in Israel.
- The last burning of the Talmud by the Catholic church occurred on this date in 1757 in Kamenetz, Poland
- The Piacezna Rebbe was murdered by the accursed Nazis. He was the author of many important Chassidic works and was a source of inspiration for the community imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto.
Thursday, 6 Cheshvan
- After the destruction of the First Temple all of the sons of King Tzidkiyahu were murdered on this date, after which he was blinded.
- In 1165 the Rambam visited Yerushalaim on this date and prayed there. For the rest of his life he considered it to be a holiday.
Friday, 7 Cheshvan
- Yarhzeit of Rav Meir Shapiro founder of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin
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