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[ . . . ] Now you know and are witness that I have composed several works on various topics. However, I did not write them in order to publish them; rather, I prepared them for my own use, to…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
First Half of the 17th Century
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1. Whenever the term idolaters appears, and it is not clearly referring…
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Domenico Gerosolomitano
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1596
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From the day that God confused all the languages of the land [see Genesis 11:9], through the bitter and rapid exile of the expulsion from Spain, since then all good things have ended for us; our glory…
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Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
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1505/6
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One day, I was reading a certain book, which contained eight commentaries on the Song of Songs. More precious than pearls they are; all of their commentaries are sapphires, the words of the living God…
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Isaac ‘Akrish
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
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ca. 1575–1578
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502. Since our eyes have seen the great neglect of Torah among schoolchildren, caused by [not] printing of folios of the Gemara [with Rashi’s commentary], because the…
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The Council of the Lands of Lithuania
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lithuania)
Date:
1655, 1667, 1679
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The earth made noise as did the heavens, and the doorposts are shaking at the voice crying out that it would be wrong to publish hidden and sealed materials and to break through the fence established…
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Isaac de Lattes
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Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino (Pesaro, Italy)
Date:
1558
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Seek ye out the book of the Lord (Isaiah 34:16), and read The Holy Epistle [so] called to water the flock, go and browse.
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David Darshan
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Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1571
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Judah Monis
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Boston, Great Britain (Boston, United States of America)
Date:
1735
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I printed my book [Leḥem Yehudah] in Venice at the beginning of for the Almighty Shadai [in gematria = 1553] has dealt very bitterly with me (Ruth 1:20) and the ruler of Rome [the Pope] decreed that…
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Judah Lerma
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Sabbioneta, Venice (Sabbioneta, Italy)
Date:
1554
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It is known that one who lacks books lacks knowledge, for a man’s knowledge is limited in its reach by the reach of his books; and there is no artist without tools. Many new books came…
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Simon Frankfurt
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1703–1712