Judah he-Hasid (Jerusalem)

Judah he-Hasid (Jerusalem)

:"See Judah he-Hasid for other people who used this name."Judah he-Hasid ( _he. יהודה החסיד "Yehudah he-Hasid", "Judah the Pious") (around 1650, Siedlce - October 17, 1700, Jerusalem), was a Jewish Sabbatean preacher who led the largest organized group of Jewish immigrants to the Land of Israel in centuries.

Departure from Europe

Judah believed that Sabbatai Zevi (who died in 1676) was the Jewish Messiah.Fact|date=August 2008 Judah traveled from one Jewish community to another throughout his native Poland, urging repentance, ascetism, physical mortifications, and calling for aliyah.

In 1697, he and 31 families of his followers left for Moravia and made a stop at Nikolsburg. Judah spent a year traveling throughout Germany and Moravia gaining followers. Many joined the group, influenced by his fervor. By the time the whole group gathered in Italy, they numbered about 1,500.

Almost a third of the pilgrims died of hardships and illnesses during the trip. On the way, they contracted debts, and in exchange for permission to enter the Ottoman Empire they were forced to give the Turkish authorities financial guarantees in the name of Jerusalem's Jewish community.

Arrival in Jerusalem

The group arrived in Jerusalem on October 14, 1700. At that time, about 200 Ashkenazi and about 1,000 Sephardi Jews lived in the city, mostly on charities from the Jewish diaspora. The sudden influx of over 1,000 [Some sources claim that they numbered only 300: [http://www.jewishmag.com/4MAG/ISRAEL/israel.htm The Churva, by Dovid Rossoff] ] Ashkenazim produced a crisis: the local community was unable to help such a large group. In addition, the local Jews were opposed to Sabbateanism, and viewed the newcomers with hostility. The situation grew worse when Judah He-Hasid died within days of his arrival to Jerusalem.

Emissaries were sent to the Council of the Four Lands for aid, but it didn't arrive.

Ban on Ashkenazim

The newcomers went deeper into debt to build a small synagogue. In 1720, Arab creditors broke into the synagogue, set it on fire, and took over the area.

The Turkish authorities blamed all Ashkenazi Jews for the mess, refused to make a distinction between the old Jerusalem community and the newcomers, held them collectively responsible for the debts, and banned all Ashkenazim from the area.

Legacy

Some of the Ashkenazi Jews moved to other cities (mainly Jewish holy cities other than Jerusalem: Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed). Others started to dress like Sephardi Jews.

The synagogue, called Hurvat Yehudah He-Hasid, (Destroyed Place of Judah He-Hasid), was rebuilt in 1810 by the Perushim to became the chief Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem. The building was destroyed by the Arab Legion in 1948.

References

External links

* [http://www.jewishgates.com/file.asp?File_ID=233 Judah HeChassid: Shabbatean and Jerusalem Emigre] (Jewishgates.com)
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/3/The+Land+of+Promise-+The+Return+to+Zion.htm The Land of Promise: The Return to Zion] March 27 2003 (Israel MFA)
* [http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Jewish+History/Zionist+History Pre-Zionism] (Jewish Agency for Israel)


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