=Chazraj=, the, Arabic family, relations of, to the Jews, =3=, 55. conversions among, to Judaism, =3=, 61. hostile to Jewish rule, =3=, 67. Jews of Yathrib, dependent on, =3=, 68. feuds of, =3=, 70-1. =Chebrath Dorshe Leshon Eber=, society for the promotion of the Hebrew language, =5=, 398-9. =Chelebi, Raphael Joseph=, mint-master at Cairo, benevolence of, =5=, 124-5. devotee of the Kabbala, =5=, 125. interested in Sabbataï Zevi, =5=, 125, 127. the Jerusalem Jews appeal to, =5=, 127-8. Sabbataï Zevi married in the house of, =5=, 129. letter to, from Nathan Ghazati, =5=, 131. rewarded by Sabbataï Zevi, =5=, 145. encourages the Italian Sabbatians, =5=, 160. =Chemnitz=, leader hostile to the Jews of Worms, =4=, 698. =Chemosh=, Ammonite and Moabite god, =1=, 55. worshiped on the Mount of Olives, =1=, 175. =Chepez Alkuti.= _See_ Alkuti. =Cherem.= _See_ Excommunication. =Cherethites=, the, mercenary troops under David, =1=, 122. in the Ammonite war, =1=, 126. employed against Sheba, =1=, 149. attend Solomon, =1=, 153. =Chesheb-Efod=, mathematical work by Profiat Duran, =4=, 191. =Chess=, inventor of, =3=, 7. =Chiddush=, a novelty in Talmud explanations, =4=, 641. =Chiddushim=, Talmudic explanations by Nachmani, =3=, 532. =Chiddushim=, theoretic discussion of the Talmud, =3=, 345. =Child-murder=, charged against Israel Bruna, =4=, 302-5. Manasseh ben Israel exonerates the Jews from, =5=, 42. =Child-murder, the charge of against the Jews=, of Zurich, =4=, 105. of Spain, =4=, 276. of Sepulveda, =4=, 278-9. of Trent, =4=, 298-9. discredited by the Doge of Venice, =4=, 299. of Frankfort, =4=, 299-300. forbidden in Portugal, =4=, 372. believed by Maximilian I, =4=, 414. of the Mark of Brandenburg, =4=, 440. _See also_ Blood accusation, the. =Childebert I=, forbids the Jews to appear on the street at Eastertide, =3=, 37. anti-Jewish decrees of, revived, =3=, 171. =Chillon=, the Jews of, suspected of well poisoning, =4=, 103-4. the castellan of, spreads evidence against the Jews, =4=, 108. =Chillukim=, hair-splitting Talmudic discussions, =4=, 641. =Chilperic=, Merovingian king, forces Christianity upon the Jews, =3=, 39. =Chindaswinth= (642-652), Visigothic king, kindly disposed towards the Jews, =3=, 101-2. =Chinon=, college of, sold, =4=, 48. the Jews of, martyrs, =4=, 57-8. =Chintila= (638-642), Visigothic king, forces Jews into Catholicism, =3=, 51-2, 101. =Chinuch Nearim=, Berlin Free School, curriculum of, =5=, 416. =Chios=, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, =3=, 424. prophets on, silenced by Sabbataï’s apostasy, =5=, 157. Nathan Ghazati on, =5=, 160. =Chiskiya=, Gaon of Pumbeditha and Exilarch, executed, =3=, 254. sons of (Ibn-Daudi), in Spain, =3=, 254, 275.