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The will of Vidale is known from a responsa of the famed Sevillian rabbi Yom Tom Asevili, the Ritva. She names two executors, her husband Moses son of Galipapa, and her brother, Solomon ibn Albnad. Among the charges given to her executors is to…

Ricca leaves bequests to the synagogues of Sciacca, Trapani, and Caltabellotta. As is typical in these Sicilian sources, the synagogue is called a "miskita" (i.e. mosque). She also leaves money to marry off Jewish orphan girls, along with bequests to…

Agnesa testates while ill, naming her husband her universal heir and executor. She leaves donations to the synagogues in Palermo and Trapani, and to the burial society of Palermo. She leaves two silver Torah finials to the synagogue in Trapani…