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Realizing that life is not in the hands of man but is governed by the only living God Almighty in whom I believe and adore, whose Divine Mosaic Law I, His slave, follow and venerate with all my heart…

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Abraham Mendes de Castro

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Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1752

Subjects:

Will & testament, Life cycle, Charity, Inheritance, Prayer

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Firsthand Accounts, Law, Wills, Testaments & Bequests

Text of an Excommunication

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This text of an excommunication, found in David Aboab’s manuscript of Sefer emet ve-yatsiv (True and Certain), chronicles a conflict in the Sephardic congregation of Curaçao. The first Jews arrived in…

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David Aboab

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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1745

Subjects:

Excommunication, Sephardic, Colonialism, Holidays, Sukkot

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Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Print & Book Culture

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