France (Bordeaux) were recognized as Jews. Two years later their residency was legalized.

1730s & 1740s CE: “FIRST GREAT AWAKENING” (USA)

a.k.a. The Great Awakening: A period of heightened religious activity in the British North American colonies.

1732 CE: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 26, PUBLISHES POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC

–a miscellany of advice, tables, reports and assorted information.

1735 CE: “LUZZATTO”

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, rabbi, mystic, philosopher, ethicist (and diamond cutter by trade), leaves Italy for Amsterdam, where he writes his ethical/mystical masterpieces, The RaMHal.

Will also write–

Mesillat Yesharim    The Path of the Just (his most well–known work)

Derech Hashem        The Way of God

Da’at Tevunoth         The Knowledge of Understanding

Derech Tevunoth     The Ways of Reason