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Contributor:
Jacob Folkema
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1709
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Samuel ben Moses
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Dessau, Holy Roman Empire (Dessau, Germany)
Date:
1714
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I am astonished to see that for reading just the names of the holy books, one receives his reward, as if he had read and studied them all. If so, then one will not make much of an effort to study…
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Shabbetai Meshorer Bass
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1680
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During his life, Samuel Abbas amassed an impressive library that included 1,136 books in different languages—Latin (more than four hundred works), Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, and…
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Samuel Abbas
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1693
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Jacobus Houbraken
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1728
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Contributor:
Daniel Bomberg
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1522/3–1524
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This rabbinic ordination certificate granted to Judah ben Eliezer Briel was printed as a broadside in Venice and signed by prominent Venetian rabbis. It certifies his learning and his fitness to…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1677
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Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) occupied a number of prominent roles, including court Jew, Austrian financier, and chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia. This portrait was painted around the time when he…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
ca. 1700
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Édouard Moyse
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Paris, Second French Empire (Paris, France)
Date:
1867
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Boris Schatz
Date:
1888