Meaning blood libel
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blood libelAn unfounded accusation that began in the Middle Ages rumoring that Jews kill Christian children to use their blood for the ritual of making wine as well as unleavened bread (matzah) for the Passover [..]
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blood libelThe common but mistaken belief among medieval Christians that Jews would, as part of their normal religious practice, murder and mutilate Christian children and/or steal and defile sacramental wafers [..]
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blood libelAn allegation, recurring during the thirteenth through sixteenth centuries, that Jews were killing Christian children to use their blood for the ritual of making unleavened bread (matzah). A red mold [..]
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blood libelthe pernicious libel that the blood of Christian children is used to make kosher wine or matzah
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