00:00Everybody is looking for a savior.
00:02Everybody is looking for proof.
00:04Everybody is looking for an answer.
00:07Sabbatai thought he had one.
00:09Sabbatai Zevi declared himself the Jewish Messiah
00:12and sparked a massive 17th century movement.
00:15When the Sultan demanded he choose,
00:18Execution Islam Zevi converted and took the name Aziz Mehmed Effendi.
00:24The fallout was brutal.
00:26Most followers abandoned him, devastated.
00:28A small core followed him into Islam,
00:32but kept secret Jewish practices.
00:34This group became the Dunmei, a crypto-Jewish sect,
00:38a messianic rise, a shocking reversal,
00:41and a secret community that lived in two worlds.
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