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Falces

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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A town near Lerin, Navarre. Its Jewish community suffered greatly during the persecution of 1328. In 1366 it contained only eighteen families. Isaac Bonafos b. Shealtiel, son-in-law of Isaac b. Sheshet, lived there, probably as a physician.

Bibliography:
  • Isaac b. Sheshet, Responsa, Nos. 71-77, 133-147;
  • Kayserling, Gesch. der Juden in Spanien, 1:45,86.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Falces'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​f/falces.html. 1901.
 
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