Four hundred women sought Bezalel’s craft courses without any advertising

Evidence

Schatz (Bezalel, tochnito u-matrato, 8–9) tells that four hundred women applied without any publicity on the part of Bezalel but 355 were not accepted due to shortage of space and means. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 1191

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