Ottoman Empire
Song written by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz based on the Ari's image of Shabbat as a bride
What is Lecha Dodi?
Ukrainian mercenaries who who marched against the king of Poland
What are Cossacks?
In order to marry this woman, the king of Portugal agreed to expel the Jews.
Who is Isabella II?
This woman was responsible for the smuggling of conversos out of Portugal and the embargo on Ancona
Who was Gracia Mendes Nasi?
A 23 volume book of Torah commentary and Kabbalah supposedly written by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
What is the Zohar?
Born on Tisha B'Av, this man thought he was Mashiach
Who was Shabbetai Tzvi?
The place where Jewish children were sent after they were taken away from their parents and forcibly converted
What is St. Thomas? (Will accept What is the New World?)
Name of the Kabbalistic concept of imagining our relationship with God as a ladder with 7 rungs of 7 steps
What are the Sefirot?
Shabbetai Tzvi's first wife
What is a Torah?
At the port of this city, Jews were given the choice to convert or have their children taken away.
What is Lisbon?
Full name of the "Lion of God" who who lived in Tzfat and made the Zohar comprehensible and accessible to all Jews
Who was Rabbi Yitzchak Luria?
Ukrainian who their people think was a savior, but Jews remember as murdering up to 40,000 Jews
Who was (Bogdan) Chmielnizcki?
This rabbi buried his books under a tree and had to reconstruct his commentaries from memory
Who was Rabbi Avraham Saba?
Rabbi who moved from Italy to Jerusalem, founded a yeshiva, and wrote a famous commentary on the Mishna
Who was (Rabbi Ovadia) Bartenura?
The Bracha that Shabbetai Tzvi said over the cheilev/forbidden fat of his Korban Pesach
What is Matir Assurim?
This king of Portugal required Jews to pay a tax to live there, as well as possibly enslaving them
Who is King John II