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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, Türkiye)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

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

Categories:

Prophetic Literature, Letters
Letter Hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah
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This letter hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah was signed by twenty-four prominent members of the Amsterdam Jewish community who had founded a learned society, Yeshuot Meshiho, in his honor. It was…

Contributor:

Eliah ben Michael Judah Leon

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Writing, Messianism, Sabbatianism, Community, Piety, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Manuscript page with Hebrew writing and Latin signatures underneath, with seal and ribbon on right side.