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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com - SHABBETHAI ẒEBI B. MORDECAI: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | Pseudo-Messiah and cabalist; founder of the Shabbethaian sect; born on the Ninth of Ab (July 23, 1626) at Smyrna; died, according to some, on the Day of Atonement (Sept. 30), 1676, at Duleigno, a small town in Albania. |
 | | As the day on which he was brought to Abydos was the day preceding Passover, he slew a paschal lamb for himself and his followers and ate it with its fat, which was a violation of the Law. |
 | | The conference between the two impostors ended in mutual dissatisfaction, and the fanatical Shabbethaians are said to have contemplated the secret murder of the dangerous rival. |
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