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In the name of the Lord: My brothers and my friends, the inhabitants of Albanian Belgrade [Berat, Albania]: may all who are worthy merit seeing the salvation of the Lord. Hurry and send me the maḥzor…

Contributor:

Shabbetai Tzvi

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Messianism, Holidays, Tishah be-Av, Community, Bible, Letters, Prophets & prophecy

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Prophetic Literature, Letters
Chronicle of Events in Adrianople
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[Sabbatai’s] illumination grew steadily more intense up to the thirteenth day of the month of Adar [23 February]. On that day his brother came for a stay, along with four of Vani Effendi’s men.…

Contributor:

Jacob Najara

Places:

Adrianople, Ottoman Empire (Edirne, Turkey)

Date:

1671

Subjects:

Messianism, Conversion, Islam, Muslim-Jewish relations, Holidays, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography