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The Book of Me‘am lo‘ez is the explication of the entire Hebrew Bible in Ladino, explaining the way of life which a person must lead as the sacred law commanded, and also to know about all that…
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730
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This book was printed in Belvedere, outside Constantinople, by Reina Nasi, the daughter of Gracia Nasi, and widow of Joseph. She was the first Jewish woman to establish her own press.
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Doña Reina Mendes
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1593–1595
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How great is the benefit of the printing houses, for thanks to the power of the printing press, the Torah is enhanced everywhere in the world. The rabbis are certainly making the effort to produce…
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Judah Papo
Places:
Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Date:
1870
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A book titled in Ladino Obligasyon de los korazones [Duty of the Hearts] because it is translated from a text written by the pious gaon, our master Baḥya the judge, of blessed…
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Iehudah Machabeu
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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16th Century
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This is the frontispiece of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the Hebrew text of…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1546
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The masterpiece of eighteenth-century Ladino literature is the encyclopedic commentary on the Bible, Me‘am lo‘ez (From a People of Foreign Tongue), by Jacob Huli, the first volume of which was…
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730
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El Tiempo (Time) was the first Ladino-language newspaper published in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) and the longest-running Ladino newspaper in the city, with a run of almost sixty…
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David Fresco
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1892
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This map of the Temple in Jerusalem made in Safed by a Jewish scribe comes from an example of a “pilgrimage scroll,” also known as an “itinerary,” because they included instructions for visiting holy…
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Uri of Biella
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1564
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This ketubah (marriage contract) from Damascus, signed on the 21st of Shevat 5466, or February 5, 1706, features a text set within an arch, and flanked on both sides and above with green and orange…
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Artist Unknown
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire (Damascus, Syria)
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1706
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This is the title page and the first page of Pitron ḥalomot (Dream Interpretation), a work incorrectly attributed to Hayya ben Sherira Gaon. The book was published by Gershom ben Eliezer Soncino (d…
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Unknown
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1557