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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 we, in our humble opinion, state that it was done well, although the labor was very great, and it ran very quickly, and according to our sharpness of wit at that time we examined it well, for we…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1524
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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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In a dream, in a night vision, while [I was] asleep upon [my] bed during my imprisonment, a voice called in my ears. The voice was the voice of Jacob, like the voice of my father, may his memory be…
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Abraham Yagel
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1578
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We, the undersigned, came in to visit the honorable lady Rosa Romanina, widow of R. Moses Guastalla of blessed memory, a resident of Rivarolo, and found her sick, lying on her bed, but her words and…
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Rosa Romanina
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Verona, Republic of Venice (Verona, Italy)
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1642
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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
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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1678
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To the Most Serene Prince and to the Most Honorable and Wise Senators of the Venetian Republic
Free Wisdom befits a Free Republic, most Serene Prince, most honorable Senators, whom Freedom of their…
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Isaac Cardoso
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Verona, Republic of Venice (Verona, Italy)
Date:
1673
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This is to announce to all interested in my book that when the head of the printers, the princely Daniel Bomberg, the Christian, decided to print the Twenty…
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Elye Bokher
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1538
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And the work was finished on the eve of Sabbath, in
the month of Shebat, in the year 307, in the great
city of Venice which is under the rule of
the Signoria, may God increase their
glory, and in the…
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Cornelio Adelkind
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1547
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Although the troubles worsened and the city of Padua was in a state of turmoil [see Esther 3:15], there remained hope and divine mercy for the Jews, as not one person in the ghetto was dead or ill…
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Abraham Catalano
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1631