[17] ”The number of native Jews was soon bolstered by small groups of Ashkenazi Jews that immigrated to the Ottoman Empire between 1421 and 1453.[14] Among these new Ashkenazi immigrants was Rabbi Yitzhak Sarfati (Hebrew: צרפתי–Sarfati, meaning: “French”), a German-born Jew whose family had lived in France. He became the Chief Rabbi … Meer lezen over Noten 17 en 18/Astrid Essed in actie