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Tag: Circumcision

The Responsa of Rabbi Benjamin Ze’ev and the Question of Circumcision

The matter of uncircumcised Conversos and their eligibility for marriage was also discussed in the responsum of Rabbi Benjamin Ben … More

Anusim, Christianity, Circumcision, Conversos, Rabbi Benjamin Ze’ev, Rabbi Moshe ben Eliya Capsali, Yachin u-Boaz

Conversos in Bayonne: Circumcision, Mitzvot, and Dissimulation

Declining knowledge of Jewish practices increased the importance of circumcision among Conversos. Conversos attributed the same special role to circumcision … More

Anusim, Bayonne, Brit Milah, Circumcision, Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, Judaism, Livorno, Netherlands, Peyrehorade, Rouen, Venice

Conversos and Circumcision

The problem of Conversos and circumcision arose even after Conversos had left the Iberian Peninsula. The following translation of a … More

Anusim, Circumcision, Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, R. Joseph of Tatitzak, Rabbinic Responsa

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