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Tuesday, January 26, 2027

Halachic Times (Zmanim)
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Jewish History

With the inquisition having arrived on American shores, twelve Jews were burnt in an auto de fe in Lima, Peru, on the 18th of Shevat 5399 (1639). Of the 63 Jews who were condemned at the time to various punishments, eleven were burnt alive at the stake, along with the body of a twelfth, who had committed suicide during the trial.

Amongst those burnt was Manuel Bautista Perez, reported to have been the richest man in Peru at the time, as well as Francisco Maldonado de Silva, a surgeon, poet, and philosopher who was seized in Chile in 1627, and remained in the dungeons of the Inquisition for nearly twelve years. His devotion to his faith never wavered; while in prison he even converted two Catholics to Judaism!

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The Spanish Inquisition
Expulsion

Daily Thought

When matter and energy were created from the void, every invention we will ever conceive was created along with them.

As the world moves toward its fulfillment, each discovery emerges, each in its proper time.

In these times, every new technology has one purpose only: to prepare the world for its ultimate destiny, a time when the physical eye will see the divine energy that sustains all things.