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Moses Mordechai Margaliot (d. 1617) was a member of a family descended from the illustrious medieval scholar Rashi. Margaliot served as a rabbi in Kraków. He was buried in the cemetery of the Rema…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1617
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This gravestone is inscribed in memory of Abraham Cohen Pimentel, who served as rabbi of the Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga) in Amsterdam. One narrow side contains an opened book; the opposite narrow…
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Altona, Habsburg Empire (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1697
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James McArdell, David Esteves
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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ca. 1745–1765
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Jacob Folkema
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1709
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I am astonished to see that for reading just the names of the holy books, one receives his reward, as if he had read and studied them all. If so, then one will not make much of an effort to study…
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Shabbetai Meshorer Bass
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1680
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Jacobus Houbraken
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1728
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Daniel Bomberg
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1522/3–1524
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Pieter van den Berge
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1699
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The gravestone of Judah Loew (1520–1609; known as the Maharal) and his wife, Pearl (1528–1610), is located in the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Jewish quarter in Prague. A prominent scholar and kabbalist…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1609 and 1640
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1613