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 * In 5500 (1740 CE), the Jews were permitted to return to Naples and Sicily, after having been expelled from the Spanish territories in 1493.
 * In 5652 (1892 CE), the Russian government shut down the Volozhin Yeshiva.
 * In 5665 (1905 CE), Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, author of the Sfas Emes, died.