24 biblical, historical events that happened in the Hebrew month of Nissan
Of the 12 stones on the High Priest's ephod (breastplate), the stone for Nissan is known as “nophech” and is identified with a turquoise or blue emerald.
During his 1799 siege of Acre, Napoleon promised the Jews the ‘reestablishment of ancient Jerusalem.’(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
