In the shadow of diamond polishing and the persecution campaign..

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In the shadow of diamond polishing and the persecution campaign..

Tomorrow, 293 years ago, on the 21st of Shvat, 1731 (1731), a wedding took place in the city of Mantua, Italy, that would become part of a dramatic story in the history of the Jewish people. Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, known as the Ramchal, married Zipporah, the daughter of the city's rabbi, Rabbi David Finzi. The secret "deed of engagement" that led to a huge storm, boycott and burning The Ramchal, who was then 24 years old, may have hoped that…