Note 270 — Chapter XLIV · A.D. 1800-1885. THE JEWS IN AFRICA, AMERICA, AND ASIA.—CONCLUSION.
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‘These accusations began only 600 years ago,’ writes De Virga in the Shebet Yehuda published in Amsterdam A.D. 1651. ‘They commenced in the reign of Alphonso X. of Castile. In his time there was a priest in Spain who in his sermons declared that the Israelites could not sacrifice their Passover unless they had Christian blood to use in the performance of the rite.’