1. The Economic Disaster of the Black Plague
... laws that they followed that may have helped stop of the spread disease. For instance, Jewish law compels one to wash their hands many times a day, one could not eat food without washing first their hands and bath on the Sabbath. Once the Jews were accused of poisoning the wells, a blood bath ensued. Jews were accused in all the lands trough out Europe. for example in Basil ... the citizens marched on city hall and demanded the council to'" burn the Jews, and allow no Jew to enter the city for the next two-hundred years."( Jewish history source book ... ). The council gave into the mob....
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