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Pesaḥ Peter

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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German baptized Jew of the end of the fourteenth and beginning of the fifteenth century. He charged that the Jews in their concluding prayer 'Alenu made a blasphemous allusion to Jesus in the words: "for they bow before vanity and emptiness []," since and each equals 316 in numerical value.

Bibliography:
  • Lipmann, Niẓẓaḥon, ed. Hackspann, Altdorf, 1644;
  • Grätz, Gesch. 3d ed., 8:70-72.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Pesaḥ Peter'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​p/pesa-peter.html. 1901.
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