Figures
1 The Ottoman Empire xiv
2 Rulers of the sixteenth century, from left: Shah Tahmasp I of Safavid Iran (r. 1527–76), Sultan Süleyman I of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1520–66), and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (r. 1519–56) 48
3 The port of Salonica in the late 19th century 54
4 Shabbetai Ṣevi (1626–76) 74
5 The title page of the second edition of Sefer Ro‘ey Yisrael (Jerusalem, 1904), which bound the writings of Rapha’el Shlomo Laniado, his son Efrayim, and Yehudah Kaṣin, and which includes an extensive account of the frankos affair 119
6 The Ibn Ezra synagogue in Cairo. The synagogue was the primary scene of charity collection and distribution in Ottoman Jewish communities 145
7 Title page of the first printed edition of Yosef Karo’s Shulḥan ‘Arukh (Venice, 1565) 203
Tables
1 Authors whose works Yosef Karo cited or mentioned in his Beit Yosef or Avkat Rokhel 193
2 Authors whose works Shmu’el de-Medina cited or mentioned in his Shut. Maharashdam 194
3 Authors whose works Ḥayim Benveniste cited or mentioned in his Shut. ba‘e ḥayye or Knesset ha-gedolah 195
4 Authors whose works Avraham ha-Levi cited or mentioned in his Shut. ginat veradim 197
5 Authors whose works Eliyahu Yisra’el cited or mentioned in his Kol Eliyahu or ‘Ugat Eliyahu 198