Creator Bio
Ḥayyim Schwarz
16th Century
Ḥayyim Schwartz (also known as Shachor) was a scribe in Prague in the sixteenth century.
Content by Ḥayyim Schwarz
Primary Source
Haggadah (Prague)
Gershom Katz | Ḥayyim Schwarz
This Haggadah from Prague, printed by Gershom and Grunim Katz with illustrations that are thought to be by Ḥayyim ben David Shaḥor, is one of the earliest Haggadahs ever printed. It was the first…
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Education and Scholarship
1500–1750
The early modern period featured educational reforms, anti-Christian polemics, and growing Jewish university participation.