After the Crusader conquest of Jerusalem the six elders of the Karaite Jewish community in Ashkelon contributed to the ransoming of captured Jews and holy relics from Jerusalem's new rulers.
Poslije križarskog osvajanja Jeruzalema šest starješina iz karaiti židovske zajednice u Aškelonu pomogli su otkupiti zarobljene Židove i svete relikvije od novih vladara Jeruzalema.