31 march 1492 with the Alhambra Decree the catholic monarchs of Spain expel all Jews from within their territories-upon pain of death without trial. Jews are allowed to convert to catholicism in order to stay-however suspicion that their conversions are not truthful directly brings about the Spanish and Mexican Inquisitions which technically last into the 19th century. this edict will not be revoked until 16 december 1968. Therefore, we... resolve to order the said Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return or come back to them or to any of them. And concerning this we command this our charter to be given, by which we order all Jews and Jewesses of whatever age they may be, who live, reside, and exist in our said kingdoms and lordships, as much those who are natives as those who are not, who by whatever manner or whatever cause have come to live and reside therein, that by the end of the month of July next of the present year, they depart from all of these our said realms and lordships, along with their sons and daughters, menservants and maidservants, Jewish familiars, those who are great as well as the lesser folk, of whatever age they may be, and they shall not dare to return to those places, nor to reside in them, nor to live in any part of them, neither temporarily on the way to somewhere else nor in any other manner, under pain that if they do not perform and comply with this command and should be found in our said kingdom and lordships and should in any manner live in them, they incur the penalty of death and the confiscation of all their possessions by our Chamber of Finance, incurring these penalties by the act itself, without further trial, sentence, or declaration. And we command and forbid that any person or persons of the said kingdoms, of whatever estate, condition, or dignity that they may be, shall dare to receive, protect, defend, nor hold publicly or secretly any Jew or Jewess beyond the date of the end of July and from henceforth forever, in their lands, houses, or in other parts of any of our said kingdoms and lordships, under pain of losing all their possessions, vassals, fortified places, and other inheritances... 7 february 2014 Spain passes a law granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic (ie those expelled from the Iberian peninsula) Jews. they may be considered spanish citizens without giving up their present citizenship and without leaving home. they are entitled to all the consular protections of Spain. Israel is the only other country in the world that grants such automatic citizenship. (which is matrilineal.) you recognize the date 1492: Furthermore, there’s no question that Columbus’s voyage to America was spiritually linked to the expulsion. JUST AS ONE OF THE GREATEST JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE IS BEING DESTROYED, GOD WAS OPENING UP THE DOORS OF WHAT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY BECOME THE GREATEST DIASPORA REFUGE FOR JEWS IN HISTORY—AMERICA. This is another tremendous pattern we see in history: God making the cure before the disease. Incidentally, Columbus’s voyage was not financed by Isabella selling her jewels as is often stated. The major financiers were two court officials - both Jewish converses - Louis de Santangel, chancellor of the royal household, and Gabriel Sanchez, treasurer of Aragon. The first letter Columbus sent back from the New World was not to Ferdinand and Isabella, but to Santangel and Sanchez thanking them for their support and telling them what he found.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:47:15 +0000
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