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okay we're here in downtown Lisbon we're
opposite a church we're one of the
greatest drums that ever happened in
Lisbon occurred right here on a
particular instance where during mass
there was a claim like Diego said that
the image of Yeshua was glowing it was
just the sun's reflection but for a
converso to say that he was sort of
giving up his identity and he was uh
mutilated over here opposite the core
tribunal of the Inquisition here in
Lisbon and Portugal there was a terrible
program over here it began the first
programs from 1504 but the worst program
of all was in 1506 at this location are
very um eminent guide Diego is going to
translate for us the first thing you
notice is there's a
possumi which means Earth don't cover up
our blood which the ground is soaked
with
this is a place of our outcry so the
memorial of
1506 Diego is going to translate 1506
2006 in memory of the thousands of Jews
victims of intolerance and religious
fanatism assassinated in the massacre
initiated on the 19th of April of 1506
in this Square you know and sometimes he
thinks is there ever a divine
retribution for what happened so we have
to mention that on November 1st 1755
there was an earthquake here in Lisbon
which is said to be 9.2 on the Richter
scale one of the worst if not the very
worst earthquake in the history of
Europe it leveled 85 of the entire city
at the time when did it happen November
1st All Saints Day which is the primary
Christian holiday what time did it
happen 9 30 a.m when 200 000 Christians
were in Mass
and at the time hundreds of thousands
were killed here in Lisbon and
throughout the country now like Diego
mentioned at the time because of the
earthquake
the Christians were lighting candles as
part of their service
wildfires spread they ran that they ran
down to the riverbank first of all they
saw it became revealed Treasures from
ships that had sunk they went to take
the shallow
and then all of a sudden first a wave
came nine meters high washed them away
followed by two tsunamis so tens of
thousands of additional
Christians died in the tsunamis and in
the fire after the earthquake
what was destroyed most of the churches
of the city were destroyed some of them
have never been rebuilt the library was
destroyed the court tribunal of the
Inquisition was destroyed
did they recognize that it was divine
retribution the reaction of some of the
priests was that this was happening I
mean you could see the open hand of God
and everyone interprets it how they want
to interpret it it was interpreted it's
because they did not eradicate enough
conversos so they found one more
converso
and they burnt him
but you you should know that the divine
retribution was very clear because
through the wildfires people were
literally burnt alive in the same places
where there was autodesfei
so enjoy your own conclusions who are we
to investigate the ways of God draw your
own conclusions it's always wonder why
only in Portugal do we see divine
retribution why not in Spain well some
say there were many more forced
conversions in Portugal than they were
in Spain but perhaps Spain has its own
retribution and that is the greatest
retribution Ferdinand and Isabella their
plot was to eradicate any Jewish
influence in the world
but they were the ones who paid for
Christopher Columbus's Expedition and he
discovered America which was the
greatest Haven of the Jewish people in
the history of the world so in a certain
sense that's also retribution they were
trying to eradicate Jewish influence
little did they know they would build up
the greatest Haven for the Jewish people
in the history of the world so sometimes
we have to keep our eyes open and we see
how Hashem keeps the score and the uh
those who act wickedly
but those Gentiles who were righteous
Gentiles Hashem rewards them as well as
we know King Charles the king of Spain
or the king of England
he comes from a dynasty of a queen who
saved Jews during the Holocaust and in
that Merit she had many generations of
rulers so all of our actions in this
world are we're accountable for all of
our thoughts were accountable for all of
our Deeds were accountable for and
whether In Our Lifetime or in our future
God keeps the score there's an eye in
Roya there's an eye that sees everything
is video not everything goes on tour
anytime but everything is videoed and
everything is remembered and everything
is accounted for so this is something we
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