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Dax

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Town in the department of Landes, France, with a population of 11,000. The number of Jews residing there is not sufficient to form a congregation. The Conseil d'Etat, Nov. 20, 1684, decreed the expulsion of the Jews from Dax, the list accompanying the decree mentioning three Portuguese families: Fernandes, Flores, and Léon.

Bibliography:
  • Cardozo de Bethencourt, Trésor des Sephardim, in Rev. Et. Juives, 25:241;
  • H. Léon, Histoire des Juifs de Bayonne, p. 206, passim.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Dax'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​d/dax.html. 1901.
 
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