Questions tagged [shabbetai-tzvi]
Questions related to the infamous false messiah Shabbetai Tzvi.
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Tu Bishvat Seder Permissibility
Given that this answer notes that the particular ritual of the Tu Bishvat Seder is likely Sabbatean in origin (although the practice of eating fruit in general on Tu Bishvat dates from the 16th ...
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Permissibility of Prayer in a Sabbatean Synagogue
Inspired by the Churva Synagogue of R. Yehuda HaChassid (18th cent.) who was likely a Sabbatean (not to be confused with the 12th century rabbi of the same name), and his congregation which almost ...
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(Why) Did God send Shabbetai Tzvi?
I have heard at least a dozen different explanations for why (and even how) God allowed the Holocaust to happen, all predicated on the notion that God is entirely in control and that even the ...
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