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LOT 286:
State Medallion Bronze- 500 years since the expulsion of Spanish Jewry, 1992
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State Medallion Bronze- 500 years since the expulsion of Spanish Jewry, 1992
Obverse: Map of the expulsion with the directions of departure by land and sea. A ship typical of the period that describes the way and suffering of the deportees. Below the map is the verse "Lo Amut Ki Echye" and "I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE". On the upper part, along the circumference, the words "500 years since the expulsion of the Jews of Spain" and ANOS DE LA EXPULSION 500". In the lower part, along the circumference, the years" 1492-1992 ".
Reverse: A wall from the 14th century synagogue of Shmuel HaLevi Abulafia of Toledo, inscribed with Tehilim. To the right is the figure of a Jew in a traditional costume from the time of Muslim rule, a seal of Todrus Halevi and in the background the Sefirot of the Kabbalah. On the lower part of the verse, "I longed and also spent my soul for the courts of God."
Scope: State emblem with the words "STATE OF ISRAEL" in Hebrew on the right and in English on the left and serial number.
Serialization: Bronze / Tombac - 4825,
Design: Face: Natan Karp.
Back: Galia and Ilan Eisen.
Condition: Very Good, with stand.
The expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1942 ended 1500 years of their stay in Spain.
This branch of Judaism knew various conquerors and rules during its sojourn there. Starting with Roman rule, the Visigothic and Muslim conquest, and reoccupied by the Christians.
All these years, the Sephardic Jews succeeded in building public life. The knowledge of the Hebrew language, the interpretation of the Bible, poets and poets, and great thinkers such as Ibn Gvirol, Yehudah Halevi, Ibn Ezra and many others expressed their longing for their people. Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi and Rabbi Yosef ibn Migash.
The inquisition that began in Castile towards the end of the 15th century encompassed Spain as a whole, and sought to uproot the aspiration to return to Judaism, where the idea of expulsion arose. On 31 March 1492, Fernando and Isabel signed a deportation order and 200,000 Jews were deported.
