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OFFICIAL MEDAL 2005/5766 The Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was the central synagogue in Eretz Israel before the…
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The Nazi extermination industry operated in many ways. Its most efficient and ghastly manifestations were concentration and death camps. In January 1942, at Wannsee near…
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On December 14, 1947, three illegal immigrant ships carrying hundreds of Jews from Morocco joined the attempts to break the British blockade of Israel’s coast.…
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Official Medal, 2011/5771 Fourth and Last in the "Women of the Bible" Medal Series by Itzhak Tordjman. Queen Esther is the leading character in the…
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Lot #48
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State Medal The first Jewish settlers in Poland arrived in the early 2nd millennium CE as refugees from persecution in Western Europe. Originally, they regarded…
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Read moreLot #49
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State Medal, 5733-1973 During the 25 years since the State of Israel was founded, its population has increased five-fold, scores of cities have been built,…
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Read moreLot #50
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OFFICIAL MEDAL 2005/5766 The Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was the central synagogue in Eretz Israel before the…
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The Nazi extermination industry operated in many ways. Its most efficient and ghastly manifestations were concentration and death camps. In January 1942, at Wannsee near…
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On December 14, 1947, three illegal immigrant ships carrying hundreds of Jews from Morocco joined the attempts to break the British blockade of Israel’s coast.…
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Official Medal, 2011/5771 Fourth and Last in the "Women of the Bible" Medal Series by Itzhak Tordjman. Queen Esther is the leading character in the…
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Israel - Silver medal, 500th Anniversary of the Expulsion from Spain - Silver 999, 60g, 50mm
State Medal, 1992 5752
One thousand five-hundred years of Jewish life in Spain came to an end in 1492 with the expulsion of the Jews. Throughout those 15 centuries, under Roman, Visigoth, Moslem and Christian rule, Spanish Jewry cultivated a community life unparalleled in cultural achievement and richness. Creative activity flourished among Hebrew linguists, Bible exegetists, poets and philosophers, including Ibn Gabirol, Yehuda Halevi, and Ibn Ezra and rabbis such as Isaac Alfassi and Joseph Ibn Migash. The Inquisition aimed at eradicating all hope of returning to Judaism among forced converts to Christianity. This led to the order of expulsion, signed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella on March 31,1492, and the expulsion of some 200,000 Jews from Spain.
Obverse: Map illustrating the expulsion with arrows showing the routes taken by the refugees and a sailing ship typical of the period. Below the map is the passage "I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE" in Hebrew and English. Around the circumference, above, the words "500 ANOS DE LA EXPULSION" in Hebrew and Spanish; below, "1492-1992.5252-5752".
Reverse: Wall from the 14th century Shmuel Halevi Abulafia Synagogue of Toledo with inscribed Psalms. On the right, a Jew in the traditional costume of the Moslem period, the seal of Todros Halevi and, in the background, the Kabbalistic spheres. Below, the verse "My heart longed for the courtyards of the Lord" in Hebrew.
Edge: State emblem with the words "STATE OF ISRAEL! in Hebrew on the right and in English on