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The words of a pure woman “more precious than rubies”
whose wish is to attend to studies,
and her name is the gentle Dinah:
She seeks counsel from the wise
for she fears lest her honor may everywhere…
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Samuel Archevolti
Places:
Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1553
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This rabbinic ordination certificate granted to Judah ben Eliezer Briel was printed as a broadside in Venice and signed by prominent Venetian rabbis. It certifies his learning and his fitness to…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1677
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This diploma of Doctor of Medicine was awarded to Jacob Mahler by the University of Padua, Italy. Mahler, born in Bingen-on-Rhine, Germany, studied medicine and philosophy, and in 1695 was awarded a…
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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1695
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And after the rabbi [Joseph Karo] went to Safed he studied in the study house of the rabbi, our master, Jacob Berab, and became a disciple of our master R. Berab, as is written in several places. The…
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David Conforte
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1678
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Ioannes Aloysius Foppa de Rota
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1692
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[ . . . ] Now you know and are witness that I have composed several works on various topics. However, I did not write them in order to publish them; rather, I prepared them for my own use, to…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
First Half of the 17th Century
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Thus spoke David, son of Isaac, son of Eliezer, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Menahem, son of Isaac, son of Obadiah, son of Isaac—known as “the wealthy one”—son of Elijah, known as “the holy…
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David de Pomis
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1587
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In my opinion, there is no person in this world, whether he is a sage or a…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1612
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And moreover, that which is called “external wisdom” is indeed the daughter of my father [see Genesis 12:20], a good doctrine (Proverbs 4:2) and a gift of God [see Ecclesiastes 3:13], who graces us…
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Willem Jacobsz, Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1629
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At the beginning of the month of Tammuz 5349 [began June 15, 1589], in order not to remain idle, I began to give lessons in Torah to the son of Manasseh Levi of blessed memory and to Joseph the son of…
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Moses Pescarol
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1618–1648