Kislev 1 - Kislev 7, 5778 -- November 19-November 25, 2017

Kislev 1

• There is a missing day this year, the 30th of Cheshvan. In a standard year Cheshvan has only 29 days, occasionally, it has 30. In years that Cheshvan has 30 days, the 30th day of Cheshvan is called the first day of Rosh Chodesh Kislev. Therefore a boy who is born today will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on the 30th of Cheshvan, 5791 as that will be the first day of Rosh Chodesh Kislev that year. A girl born today will have her Bas Mitzvah on the first of Kislev in 5790 as that year Cheshvan will also have 29 days.

Kislev 2

• Today is Purim of Casablanca. It is the day in which German forces were driven out of Casablanca in 1943. A Megillas Hitler was written to be read to commemorate the event.
• Yahrzeit of Rav Aharon Kotler, one of the primary architects of the rebuilding of Torah in the United States after the decimation of European Jewry. He founded the famed Lakewood Yeshiva, today possibly the largest Yeshiva in the world, and was responsible for beginning numerous other Yeshivos and organizations.
• Yahrzeit of Rav Mordechai Goldstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Diaspora Yeshiva and a pioneer in outreach efforts.

Kislev 3

• Anniversary of the miracle that occurred to the Pnei Yehoshua, which lead to his writing his Sefer which is required reading for any serious Talmud student. There was a gunpowder explosion near his home which destroyed his home and killed his wife and young daughter. Buried under the rubble he vowed that if he survived he would dedicate his life to teaching Torah and publishing his insights.

Kislev 5

• Yahrzeit of Rav Shmuel Eidels, better known as the Maharsh"a. His insights, regretfully divided between Halachic and Aggadic, are published in the back of all standard editions of the Talmud. He was called Eidels after his mother-in-law who provided the financial support for his Yeshiva.
• In 1687 Christian students with government backing attacked the Jewish Ghetto in Posen and battled for three days. On this date they were finally repulsed. 
• Yahrzeit of Rav Baurch Ber Leibovitz. One of the foremost students of Rav Chaim Soloveitzcik, and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Kaminetz. Died of natural causes shortly after the outbreak of WWII.

Kislev 6

• Just as we celebrate Shavuos 50 days after Pesach, so, too, this date should have been the post Sukkos holiday, 50 days later. However, the Talmud tells us, that God had mercy and did not want to require people to have to travel back to Jerusalem at the beginning of the winter season and, therefore, Shmini Atzeres is the day after Sukkos and not 50 days later.
• Yahrzeit of Rav Michel Ber Weissmandel, one of the true heroes of the Holocaust. He was responsible for saving thousands of lives through his efforts and subsequently was instrumental in rebuilding the Nitra farming community in the United States.

Kislev 7

• Megillas Taanis says that this date was a holiday as the hated Herod died on this day. Herod was responsible for murdering many of the greatest Torah sages of his time.
• Yahrzeit of Rav Dovid Zintzheim, head of Napoleon's Sanhedrin.