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==In Jewish history and tradition==
* '''3 Kislev''' (1917) - The [[Balfour Declaration]] is publicly released by the British government.
* '''6 Kislev''' (1973) – Death of [[David Ben-Gurion]]
* '''8 Kislev''' (1978) – Death of [[Golda Meir]] 
* '''9 Kislev''' (1773) – Birth of the [[Dovber Schneuri|Mitteler Rebbe]], the second Chabad Rebbe.
* '''9 Kislev''' (1827) – Death of the [[Dovber Schneuri|Mitteler Rebbe]], the second Chabad Rebbe.
* '''10 Kislev''' (1949) - [[Knesset|The Knesset]] formally votes to designate [[Jerusalem]] as the capital of Israel.
* '''14 Kislev''' ({{circa|1445}} BCE) – Death of [[Reuben (biblical person)|Reuben]], son of [[Jacob]].<ref name="Hamodia">''[[Hamodia]]''. Nov/28/12. p. D47.</ref>
* '''14 Kislev''' (c. 1568 BCE) – Birth of [[Reuben (biblical person)|Reuben]], son of [[Jacob]].<ref name="Hamodia" />
* '''15 Kislev''' (167 BCE) – The Greeks set up the "Abomination of Desolation" in the Temple.<ref>"Now the fifteenth day of the month Kislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side." ([[1 Maccabees]] 1:54)</ref>
* '''17 Kislev''' (1947) – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] approves [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine|Resolution 181]] for the partition of [[Mandatory Palestine]].
* '''19 Kislev''' (1772) - Death of the [[Dov Ber of Mezeritch|Magid Of Mezritch]], successor of the [[Baal Shem Tov]].  
* '''19 Kislev''' (1798) – Liberation from prison of [[Shneur Zalman of Liadi|Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi]] and celebrated as [[19 Kislev|Yud Tes Kislev]] by Chabad Chassidim.
* '''20 Kislev''' (c. 457 BCE) – [[Ezra]] addresses a three-day assemblage of Jews in [[Jerusalem]], telling them to adhere to the [[Torah]] and to dissolve their [[interfaith marriage]]s.
*  '''21 Kislev''' (c. 128 BCE) – The [[Samaritan]] temple at [[Mount Gerizim]] was destroyed by [[John Hyrcanus I]].<ref>Megillat Ta'anit 29</ref>
*  '''25 Kislev''' (164 BCE) – The [[Hanukkah]] miracle<ref name=":0">"Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Casleu." ([[2 Maccabees]] 10:5)</ref>
* '''25 Kislev''' (167 BCE) The Greeks make pagan sacrifices in the Temple<ref>"Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God." ([[1 Maccabees]] 1:59)</ref><ref name=":0" />
* '''27 Kislev''' (c. 2105 BCE) – Flood rains cease (According to [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 6–8).