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God, blessed be He, knew very well that the people of Israel would be scattered among the nations and that most of them would not be able to understand the holy tongue [Hebrew]. Therefore our sages…
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ḥayim Druker
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1711
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Pieter van den Berge
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1699
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Johannes Buxtorf
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Basel, Swiss Confederacy
(Basel, Switzerland)
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1661
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1730
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Anshel of Kraków, Szmuel, Aszer, and Eljakim Helicz
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1534
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1546
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With God’s help I set myself the aim,
And with God’s aid I hope to achieve the same.
The holy book of Psalms in Taytsh [Yiddish] to make known,
Hoping that all shall praise and extol God, blessed be…
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Royzl bas Joseph Levi
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1586
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No Jew shall be allowed to cause to be printed in this city or outside it in these realms Hebrew or Ladino books or [books] in any other language without express permission of the Mahamad [board of…
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The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London
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London, Kingdom of England
(London, United Kingdom)
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1693
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These three pages come from a catalogue of books listed for sale by Samuel ben Israel Soeiro, a bookseller in Amsterdam. It lists first the Hebrew books and then the ones in Spanish. He printed the…
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Samuel ben Israel Soeiro, Menasseh Ben Israel
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1652
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Solomon Proops
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1730