18th century
Expulsion of the Ashkenazi community
1720·Jérusalem
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the synagogue set afire by creditors and families driven from the city; the ruins would remain known as the «Hurva»
A small Ashkenazi community had settled in Jerusalem around Yehouda he-Hassid, who had come from Poland with his disciples; they had undertaken to build a synagogue by borrowing from the Muslim notables of the city. The death of the master, shortly after his arrival, left the group without resources and the debt unpaid.
The creditors eventually set fire to the unfinished building and obtained the expulsion of Ashkenazi families from the city; the ban lasted more than a century, and pilgrims from Central Europe were forced to settle in Safed and Tiberias. The ruins retained the name "Hourva" — that is, the ruin — which the synagogue rebuilt on the site still bears today.
- Period :
- 18th century
- Type :
- Expulsion
- Region :
- Land of Israel
- Country :
- Terre d'Israël
Arieh Morgenstern, *Hastening Redemption* ; Jacob Barnai, *The Jews in Palestine in the Eighteenth Century*.