Creator Bio
Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali
16th Century
Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali was a scribe active in the Romaniote Jewish community in Greece in the first half of the sixteenth century.
Content by Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali
Primary Source
Prayer book
This siddur from Greece contains the prayers of the Romaniote (Greek-speaking Jewish) community of the eastern Mediterranean. It is open at a piyyut (liturgical poem) called “God’s Beloved Daughter,”…
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