First two weeks

When did the Jews arrive to the Hispanic lands?

• Who knows?

• During the Roman Empire times

• After the Destruction of the 2nd Temple

• Before the Common Era (AD)

Archaeological evidence from the Jews in Spain dates back to

• The foundation of Toledo

• The 12th Century

• early necropoles in Southern Spain

• the multilingual pile of Tarragona, from the 5th C AD

Jews were marginalized from the Visigothic period

• Only in big cities and urban areas

• No way, the Visigoths were friendly to diverse religions

• Depends on the time period

• There were no Jews in Spain during the visigothic period

Early written evidence (documents) of Jewish presence in Spain include

• Petitions to the King to enlarge synagogues

• Private letters written by rabbis in the 10th Century

• The Usatges of Barcelona in the 12th Century

• All are correct, right?

The Jewish neighbourghoods

• Can't be found everywhere

• Limit the housing space for Jewish families and Jewish services

• Were enclosed by walls with a porter's lodge

• Closed every night

The main building that a new community established in Medieval Jewish Quarters in Spain was

• The mikveh or ritual bath

• The synagogues

• The kosher butcheries

• a Talmudic school

Montjuïc is

• a hill close to the sea and a prominent leisure area

• Don't know, but I will try to visit

• The location of the former Jewish cementery

• the "Mountain of the Jews"

Legal sources from Medieval Spain

• present an evolving perception of the Jews and their relationship with other people

• are difficult to understand even if you can read Hebrew

• are difficult to understand unless you can read Hebrew

• do not mention the Jews as they refer only to Christian or Muslim citizens

The RAMBAM

• Spoke Arabic and published in that language

• is one of the most prominent sages of Judaism of all times

• From Moshe to Moshe, there is no other Moshe like him

• Wrote a famous book which left us perplexed

What beauty is this?

• A map of the European Jewish quarters

• Part of a map representation of the known world designed by Jews

• The first design representing the conquest of Jerusalem

• I don't know, but looks pretty nice