=Bavaria=, John of Capistrano in, =4=, 258. the poll-tax abolished in, =5=, 468. =Bavaria, the Jews of=, suffer from the Rindfleisch persecution, =4=, 35-6. suffer from the Hartmann von Deggenburg persecution, =4=, 98. during the Black Death persecutions, =4=, 110. accused of aiding the Hussites, =4=, 222. assaulted by the imperial army, =4=, 225. expelled, =4=, 253-4. during John of Capistrano’s visit, =4=, 258. taxed for the defense of the Ratisbon Jews, =4=, 305. take refuge in Poland, =4=, 420. accused of child-murder, =4=, 545-6. partial emancipation of, =5=, 508. =Bayonne=, the kings of Castile and of France meet at, =4=, 2. =Bayonne, the Jews of=, addressed in behalf of the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, =5=, 253. in Malesherbes’ commission, =5=, 432. prosperity of, =5=, 436. emancipated, =5=, 442-3. =Bayreuth=, the Jews of, persecuted, =5=, 530. =Beatrice=, wife of Juan I of Castile, heir to Portugal, =4=, 158. proposes David Negro as chief rabbi, =4=, 161. =Beaucaire= (Belcaire), the Jews of, in the twelfth century, =3=, 400. =Be-Chatim=, home of Achaï bar Huna, =2=, 631. =Bechinath ha-Dath=, work of Elias del Medigo, =4=, 293. =Bechinath Olam=, by Yedaya Bedaresi, =4=, 49. =Bedaresi.= _See_ Abraham; Yedaya En-Bonet. =Bedr=, battle of, between Mahomet and the Koraishites, =3=, 76. =Beer of Mizricz= (Berish, 1700-1772), founder of new Chassidism, =5=, 375, 379. learning of, =5=, 379. habits of, =5=, 379-80. pilgrimages to, =5=, 380, 407. simulates inspiration, =5=, 380-1. emphasizes the importance of the Sabbath, =5=, 381-2. apostles of, =5=, 383. adopts the Portuguese ritual, =5=, 386-7. death of, =5=, 392. a relative of, supreme Zaddik, =5=, 393. sayings by, =5=, 393. disciples of, =5=, 393. =Beer, Jacob=, private synagogue of, in Berlin, =5=, 563. =Beersheba=, frontier town of ancient Israel, =1=, 129. pilgrimages to, =1=, 232. =Behaim, Martin=, at João II’s astronomical congress, =4=, 367. =Bekashoth ha-Memin=, prayer by Yedaya Penini, =4=, 43. =Bekiin=, center for the teaching of the Law under Gamaliel II, =2=, 335, 348. =Bel=, temple of, rebuilt by Alexander the Great, =1=, 415. =Bela IV=, of Hungary, invites Jewish agents into his country, =3=, 613. introduces Frederick the Valiant’s Jewish statute, =3=, 613-14. =Belgium=, Jews in, in the sixth century, =3=, 35. the Jews of, during the Black Death persecutions, =4=, 112. Catholic agitators in, hostile to the Jews, =5=, 655. “=Belief= of the Universe, The,” by Chayon, =5=, 219-20. =Belillos, Jacob=, rabbi of Venice, and Luzzatto, =5=, 239. =Belisarius=, Jewish soldiers fight against, =3=, 4. removes the Temple vessels to Constantinople, =3=, 26. in Italy, =3=, 31. opposed by the Jews of Naples, =3=, 32.