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On September 16, 1666, Shabbetai Zvi, the Jewish false Messiah who shook European Jewry to its foundations in the 17th century, informed the Turkish sultan of his readiness to convert to Islam. Born in Smyrna (today Izmir) in 1626, Shabbetai had traditional rabbincal training, but distinguished himself as a non-conformist because of his interest in kabbalah and his sometimes outrageous behavior (for...
