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Sol Hachuel

Sol HaTzadeket

Sol Hachuel - Sol HaTzadeket Yahrzeit – 27 Iyar Burial place – Fez Tangier became an Arab city after its conquest in 1684 by Sultan Moulay Ismail. Chaim Hachuel was a modest merchant who lived with his wife Simcha and their children, whom they raised with respect for the Jewish faith. In 1820 a beautiful girl was born to them. In Tangier at that time everyone spoke Spanish, because most of the Jews who had settled there were descendants of Jews expelled from Spain. Little Sol was described as one who brought happiness. Sol grew up as the darling of her family. She was about twelve years old when they began preparing her dowry, the "ajuar," and looking for a match for her. But envious neighbors – the Muslim Masmoudi family – took upon themselves a vile mission: they began spreading a rumor that Sol had converted to Islam and had recited the "shahada" before witnesses, which would make her a Muslim forever. During her interrogation, Sol Hachuel fiercely denied it: "I am not a Muslim and never was, and I do not wish to be. I am a Jew – I was born a Jew and I will die a Jew." She was imprisoned in Tangier, and then transferred to the city of Fez. During a visit to the prison, her parents desperately begged her: "Choose life – it is above all else. Save your life. Say that it is true, that you are a Muslim." The rabbis also urged Sol to save her life, though they understood the threat that hung over the entire community. But Sol stood her ground. The Islamic court sentenced her to be burned alive. Her father, by paying a large fine, managed to have the sentence changed to... beheading. In 1834, at the age of 14, Sol Hachuel was led to the scaffold erected in the square in front of the mosque. Before the execution, Sol was asked for her last wish. Knowing that, according to custom, before execution the victim was tied to a horse and dragged through the streets of the city, she asked for a needle and thread. She pinned her skirt to the flesh of her leg with the needle, so that the fabric would not ride up and she would not be disgraced while being dragged through the city. Even minutes before her death, she was thinking of the laws of Jewish modesty. Sol was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Tangier. After her death she became a legend. She came to be called Lalla Sol HaTzadeket. A mausoleum was erected in her memory. The artist Alfred Dehodencq, who was present at the execution, immortalized her in his famous work "The Execution of the Jewess." Lalla Sol died in the Hebrew year 5594. Interestingly, 594 is the gematria of the word צדקת – "Tzadeket." Sol's resting place is visited not only by Jews, but also by Muslims, who call her a saint. A fitting prayer at the resting place of Sol A segula of the great Mekubal Rabbi Avraham Hamoy from the book "Yemalet Nafsho" against all Tzarot (troubles), Isurim (suffering) and hardships – "bedukah u-menusah" – (a tried and tested segula) – it should be recited every morning. Incidentally, the idea is taken from Tehillim (118:17): "Lo amut ki-echyeh va'asaper ma'aseh Yah" – (I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of G-d). יהודי אני יהודי אני יהודי אני אחיה יהודי אחיה יהודי אחיה יהודי אמות יהודי אמות יהודי אמות יהודי יהודי יהודי יהודי Yehudi ani, Yehudi ani, Yehudi ani, Echyeh Yehudi, Echyeh Yehudi, Echyeh Yehudi, Amut Yehudi, Amut Yehudi, Amut Yehudi, Yehudi, Yehudi, Yehudi – { 3 times (I am a Jew – I am a Jew – I am a Jew, I will live as a Jew – I will live as a Jew – I will live as a Jew, I will die as a Jew – I will die as a Jew – I will die as a Jew, A Jew – a Jew – a Jew). 2. The second segula that we, the Silatehilim.com group, performed at the resting place of Sol is the consecration of needles – in honor of her final request – when she asked for a needle – and even before her death thought of the laws of Jewish modesty. May the merit of Sol bat Chaim ve-Simcha protect our people! (http://rol-benzaken.centerblog.net/5354-sol-hatchuel-la-saddiqa-de-tanger)