1541 Leader of Jerusalem Passes Away
Rabbi Levi ben Haviv, the leader of Jerusalem, died. His major scholar, Rabbi Caster, succeed him in leading the Jews in Jerusalem. Shortly after that, Rabbi Shlomoo Shirilio succeeds him until 1558.
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