Expulsion of Spain
The event of the exile of the Jews of Spain in the year 1492.
("Although the Maharshal was Ashkenazi nevertheless he was great and educated in Padua in Italy, and the Hebrew language was common on his lips... And in the commentary 'Seder Eliyahu Zuta' on the history of the Jews of Turkey, Spain, and Portugal until the Expulsion of Spain, it is stated that while he studied in the yeshiva of Maharam of Padua, they spoke Judeo-Ashkenazi there" - Responsa of the Rama, Siman 130)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
גֵּרוּשׁ סְפָרַד
Definition (Hebrew)
אֵרוּעַ הַגְלָיַת יְהוּדֵי סְפָרַד בִּשְׁנַת 1492.
("אע"פ שהמהרשי"ק הָיָה אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי מ"מ גֹּדֶל וְחוֹנֵךְ בְּפָּדוֹבָה שֶׁבְּאִיטַלְיָה, וְהַשָּׂפָה הָעִבְרִית הָיְתָה שְׁגוּרָה עַל פִּיו...ובעמח"ס סֵדֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ זוּטָא עַל תּוֹלְדוֹת יְהוּדֵי תּוּרְקִיָּה, סְפָרַד וּפוֹרְטוּגָל עַד גֵּרוּשׁ סְפָרַד, מְסַפֵּר כִּי בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁלָּמַד בִּישִׁיבַת מָהָרָ"ם מִפָּאדוֹבָּה דִּבְּרוּ שָׁם יְהוּדִית-אַשְׁכְּנַזִּית"- שׁוּ"ת הָרְמָ"א סִימָן קַל)