Sol Hachuel [SEP] place of birth
Sol Hachuel
Sol Hachuel (Hebrew: סו לי ק א ח ג ו א ל ), Tangier 1817–1834, Fez) was a Jewish heroine who was publicly decapitated when she was 17 years old. She was executed for alleged apostasy from Islam—apparently without ever having converted to Islam. She is considered a tzadeket (saint) by some Jews and is also revered by some Muslims. Jews call her "Sol HaTzaddikah" ("the righteous Sol"), while Arabs call her "Lalla Suleika" ("
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In 1860 the French artist Alfred Dehodencq, inspired by the life and death of Hachuel, painted "Execution of a Moroccan Jewess".
Life.
Hachuel was born in 1817 in Morocco, to Chaim and Simcha Hachuel, and had one older brother. Her father was a merchant and Talmudist. He conducted a study group in his home, which helped Sol form and maintain her own belief in Judaism. Sol's mother was a housewife.
Allegations of conversion to Islam.
According to the