The story of a 17-year-old Jewish girl named Soulika from Morocco (1817–1834) was incredibly beautiful. One day, the Sultan's son saw her and decided to marry her at any cost. She was seized, brought to the Sultan's palace, and tried to force her to convert to Islam and become the Sultan's son's wife. She refused. They threatened to kill her, but she stood her ground and refused. Then they tied her hands to a horse and chased her through the city... The horse ran, dragging Soulika's wounded body. At one point, she screamed for them to stop. Everyone thought she had changed her mind. The Sultan's son approached her and asked what she wanted. She replied that she wanted pins, and when they were given to her, she pinned the hem of her dress to her skin so that when the horse dragged her along the ground, the dress wouldn't ride up, and she maintained modesty even at the moment of her death. Soulika died. One of the great rabbis of the time, living in Morocco, managed to retrieve her body and bury it in a Jewish cemetery.

An amazing story of the courage and resilience of a Jewish girl, and the importance of tzniut. May the merits of righteous Sulik protect all the people of Israel!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2R1lnOylBA