=Fast=, proclaimed under Jehoiakim, =1=, 304. in memory of Gedaliah, =1=, 325. in memory of the Blois martyrs, =3=, 380-1. during the disputation with Donin, =3=, 577. on the anniversary of the burning of the Talmud, =3=, 579. against Gonzalo Martinez, =4=, 85. to avert the Black Death persecutions, =4=, 100. during the Hussite war, =4=, 225-6. commemorating the Nemirov massacre, =5=, 13. =Fast days=, observed by the Babylonian exiles, =1=, 337. =Fast of Tammuz abolished=, by Sabbataï Zevi, =5=, 151-2. by the Sabbatians, =5=, 159. =Fast of Tebeth=, abolished by Sabbataï Zevi, =5=, 143. “=Father= of the Judæans.” _See_ Ragesh. =Fatimide Caliphate=, the, Talmud schools established in, =3=, 210. Jewish science in, =3=, 211. fanaticism of, =3=, 212. Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur in, =3=, 238. the Jews of, persecuted, =3=, 247-8. extent of, =3=, 248. consequences of the fall of, =3=, 461. =Fauma Kadin=, Sarah Zevi’s Mahometan name, =5=, 154. =Fayum=, Saadiah’s birthplace, =3=, 188. the Jews of, in the twelfth century, =3=, 444. =Feast of Ingathering=, celebrated in the eighth month, =1=, 186. _See_ Tabernacles, the feast of. =Feast of Lights.= _See_ Chanukah. =February revolution=, the, completes the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 696-7. =Federation= of the German states, Act of, assures citizenship to the Jews, =5=, 518. =Felgenhauer, Paul=, mystic, Messianic speculations of, =5=, 35-6. =Felix=, governor of Galilee, husband of Drusilla, =2=, 235, 242, 245. rouses the Zealots against the Samaritans, =2=, 243. sides with the Galilæans, =2=, 244. procurator of Judæa, rapacity of, =2=, 245. allied with the Sicarii, =2=, 246. sides with the Greeks against the Judæans, =2=, 247. =Felix Libertate=, Dutch club, joined by Jews, =5=, 453. “=Fence=,” the, about the Law, =1=, 397. =Ferber, von=, and the Jews of Dresden, =5=, 344. =Ferdinand I=, emperor, permits the expulsion of the Bohemian Jews, =4=, 544. expels the Jews from Lower Austria, =4=, 585. expels the Jews of Prague, =4=, 585-6. embassy of, negotiates with Joseph Nassi, =4=, 597. appeals to Joseph Nassi, =4=, 601. =Ferdinand II=, emperor, reproves Hamburg for permitting a synagogue, =4=, 689-90. protects the Jews, =4=, 701-2. imprisons Lipmann Heller, =4=, 705. fines him, =4=, 706. introduces conversion sermons in Vienna, =4=, 706. =Ferdinand III=, emperor, extends the rights of the Bohemian Jews, =4=, 707. =Ferdinand I=, of Aragon, regent of Castile, =4=, 194. issues an anti-Jewish edict, =4=, 203-4. becomes king of Aragon, =4=, 205. defers to Vincent Ferrer, =4=, 206. arranges for the disputation at Tortosa, =4=, 207. advises Benedict XIII to abdicate, =4=, 216. threatens to besiege Benedict XIII, =4=, 217. death of, =4=, 217.