JEWESS LOOSING SHOE
Among the ancient Jews, if a dead husband's brother refused to wed his widow, she formally loosed his shoe and spat in his face for refusing to build up his brother's house
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Picture No
10030527
Media ID
48879341
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Dom Augustin Calmet, Dictionary of the Holy Bible (1732) volume 2 page 62
