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Remember me, O my God, for the good (Nehemiah 5:19). Amen
I began to write the first Torah Scroll, with the help of God, today, 2 Heshvan, the twenty-second of October, in the year 5302 [1541]. It…
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Meir ben Ephraim of Padua
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1541–1580
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So said Jacob ben R. ḥayim Ibn Adoniyahu of blessed memory, after completing the proofreading of Seder taharot, I intended to apologize, since the subject is not habitual, and the source texts are few…
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Daniel Bomberg, Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1523
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And thus was finished the book Petah Debarai
In the name of the living God my redeemer and rock
In the year of the creation 306
On the 29th day of Tishri
Edited by the Hebrew grammarian
Elijah the…
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Cornelio Adelkind
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1546
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I will print this book in ink as a remembrance and a sign, a memorial for my dear children. For now I will reveal their strength with words, as a reminder for them and their children…
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Judah Peretz
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1712
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Solomon Molkho
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Early 16th Century
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Thus saith the humble Jacob ben Chajim ben Isaac Ibn Adonijah: “He entereth in peace, where the righteous rest upon their couches, who walked in uprightness.”
Praised be the Creator, who exists and…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1525
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I printed my book [Leḥem Yehudah] in Venice at the beginning of for the Almighty Shadai [in gematria = 1553] has dealt very bitterly with me (Ruth 1:20) and the ruler of Rome [the Pope] decreed that…
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Moses Maimonides, Cornelio Adelkind, Judah Lerma
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Sabbioneta, Republic of Venice (Sabbioneta, Italy)
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1554
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The tour of inspection on which I invited you to accompany me during this course has come to an end. We must now retrace our steps and review the results achieved by our tour…
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Umberto Cassuto
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Rome, Kingdom of Italy (Rome, Italy)
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1934
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We have already offered a glimpse, in our program, into the nature of this publication. Yet the desire to open our heart, especially to those benevolent people who have looked favorably upon…
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Giuseppe Levi and Esdra Pontremoli
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Vercelli, Kingdom of Sardinia (Vercelli, Italy)
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1853
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The author had a tradition from his ancestors, also based on a book of his genealogy that was lost in all the upheavals of the expulsion and the persecutions, that this holy and lofty family, whose…
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Barukh Uziel Hazaketto
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
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1550