1481 CE
Italian Jewish Businessman, Meshullam ben Menahem, Writes of His Travels Throughout the Land of Israel
Italian Jewish businessman Meshullam ben Menahem writes of his Travels to Israel in 1481 CE. He mentions Jewish house- and property-owners in Gaza, Hebron, and Jerusalem.
He also mentions that Jerusalem has no walls and was very much in ruins, with about 250 Jewish households.
A page from Meshullam Ben Menachem’s book. Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MiBACT.
Credit: The National Library of Israel. "Ktiv" Project, The National Library of Israel.
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About Jerusalem he states:
Jerusalem, “has no walls”(the walls were rebuilt by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1535) and was very much “in ruins,” with about 250 Jewish households.”
Source: Teddy Koleck, Pilgrims to the Holy Land.
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