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Judah Abrabanel

Judah Abrabanel

Judah Abrabanel
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    Receiver of customs at Seville, Spain, in 1310. He rendered substantial service to the grandees of Castile. The infante Don Pedro, in his will, dated Seville, May 9, 1317, ordered that Judah be paid: (1) 15,000 maravedis ($36,000) for clothes delivered; (2) 30,000 maravedis ($72,000) as part of a personal debt, at the same time requesting Judah to release him from paying the rest. Judah had been in great favor with King Alfonso the Wise, with whom he once had a conversation regarding Jews and Judaism.

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Judah Abrabanel

(about 1275about 1275 Gregorian
about 1275 Julian
about 5035 Hebrew
, Córdoba, Andalusia - )


(1043 BCE1043 BCE Gregorian
1043 BCE Julian
2718 Hebrew
- 973 BCE973 BCE Gregorian
973 BCE Julian
2788 Hebrew
, Jerusalem)

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