The Strange Story of Shabbetai Tsvi (This Week in Jewish History)

Source: Wikimedia Commons
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Devastated and demoralized after the violence of the Khmelnytsky rebellion, the Jews of Europe were astounded to hear that a young Kabbalist named Shabbetai Tsvi had proclaimed himself the long-awaited Messiah.

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