AUGUST 11/MENACHEM AV 28

2448 (1312 BCE): According to tradition, Moshe came down following his second 40-day ascent to Mt. Sinai ( Bava Batra 121a). Subscribe now 1492: 200,000 Jews of Spain were expelled by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella on the 9th of Av, terminating 15 centuries of flourishing Jewish life there. Many left for neighboring Portugal, while others opted for North Africa, Italy or the Ottoman Empire.…