On July 27, 1656, the Portuguese Jewish congregation of Amsterdam laid upon Baruch Spinoza a cherem, the ban that cuts a Jew off from the community, for the heresies the sentence accused him of practicing and teaching. Spinoza was 23, spoke Portuguese at home, and… | Read More in The Blogs
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