Handwritten Letter by Shabbetai Zevi
Ulcinj, Ottoman Empire )Montenegro(, 1676
Original at Yad Ben Zvi Collection
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The letter was written a decade after Shabbetai Zevi (1626-1676) converted to Islam. he signed it “Messiah of the God of Israel and Judea, Shabbetai Mohammed Zevi,” and added the figure of a crooked serpent. In the letter, written during his forced exile, he asks his followers in the nearby Jewish community to send him a Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and instructs them to obey his messenger.
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