- Moses repeats the Torah
- On the first of Shevat of the year 2488 from creation Moses convened the Jewish people and began the 37-day "review of the Torah " contained in the Book Of Deuteronomy , which he concluded on the day of his death on Adar 7 of that year.
- (76 BCE) - Alexander-Yannai's death celebrated
- Hashmonean King Alexander-Yannai ( Jannaeus ), a strong Sadducee and avowed enemy of the Pharisees , died on this date. So great was his cruelty and the ruthlessness with which he persecuted the Pharisees and those loyal to them (some 50,000 were killed in the years 82-76 BCE), that the day of his death was declared a holiday in Talmudic times.
- (1800) - Death of R. Zusha of Anipoli
- Rabbi Israel Abuchatzera (1890-1984), known as " Baba Sali ," was born in Tafillalt, Morocco to the llustrious Abuchatzera family. From a young age he was renowned as a sage, miracle maker and master Kabbalist . In 1964 he moved to the Holy Land , eventually settling in the southern development town he made famous, Netivot . He died in 1984 on the 4th of Shevat. His graveside in Netivot has become a holy site visited by thousands annually.
- (1807) - Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Of Sasov
- Chasidic master Rabbi Dovid Biederman of Lelov (1746-1814) was a disciple of the Seer Of Lublin . Rabbi Dovid was known for his extraordinary ''ahavat Yisrael'' (love of his fellow Jew); it was said of him that he was literally incapable of seeing faults in a fellow Jew . Two printed collections of stories about him are ''Migdal David'' and ''Kodesh Hillulim''. Rabbi Dovid's main disciple was Rabbi Yitzchak of Vurke.
- (1755) - Death of the Pnei Yehoshua
- Death of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Of Kotzk (1787-1859), renowned chasidic leader, and forerunner of the chasidic dynasties of Ger and Kotsk .
- (1188 BCE) - War on Benjamin
- "On the 24th day of the 11th month, which is the month of Shevat, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of G-d came to Zachariah the son of Berechiah the son of Ido the prophet, saying: '...I will return to Jerusalem in mercy, my house will be built within her'" (Zechariah 1:7-16). This was two years before the completion of the Second Temple on the 3rd of Adar , 515 BCE.
- (1883) - Death of Rabbi Israel of Salanter
- On Shevat 28 (160 BCE?), Antiochus V abandoned his siege of Jerusalem and his plans for the city's destruction. This day was observed as a holiday in Hashmonean times. (Megilat Taanit)
In the story of Xenogears , "Shevat" is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month.
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