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The Scuola Levantina (Levantine Synagogue), a Sephardic synagogue built in 1541, was restored in the late seventeenth century. The bimah is thought to have been carved by Andrea Brustolon (1662–1732)…
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1541
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The first lesson addresses the question which every enlightened reader will raise concerning creation: It is told in our Torah that it indeed took place in seven days…
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Eliezer Ashkenazi
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Poznan, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1583
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1719
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To that courageous, versatile man,
In whom learning and greatness are contained,
And whose fruit is a holy object of praise, namely, my exalted leader and ruler, his honored eminence master Moses…
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Salamone de Rossi
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1622/23
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Now I would also like to sing a bit,
With my poor voice,
Of things that have happened recently,
Which everyone ought to know:
Of the plague and pestilence,
That have happened here this time
In the…
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Elye Bokher
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1514
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Servius de Levis
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Verona, Republic of Venice (Verona, Italy)
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16th Century
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Now, after God has made known to you all of this by means of the toil of my hands, having gathered and bound them together, may the strength of my hand grow to write to you and to present before you…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
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Mid–16th Century
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Nicolas de Nicolay
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1585
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Isaac Tyrnau, Shim’on Levi Gintsburg
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1600
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Mattetiah Spagnolo
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Candia, Republic of Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1583