Ḥayye ‘olam (Eternal Life)

Yeḥiel Nissim da Pisa

ca. 1570

Chapter 15. In Explanation of Bills of Exchange Called Cambii and of Maritime Insurance

We could have dispensed with the discussion of bills of exchange which are called in Italian cambii since they are not currently used by the Jewish people and since at the time of the codifiers and sages they were not utilized. Nevertheless, since it is possible…

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Yeḥiel Nissim da Pisa

1507–ca. 1574

Born in Florence, Yeḥiel Nissim da Pisa came from a family of bankers and scholars. He received a broad education and became known as a manuscript copyist. He lived in Pisa, where he hosted the traveler David Ha-Reuveni. Ḥayye ‘olam (Eternal Life) is an economic treatise on usury and interest, written in 1559. Besides this work, da Pisa wrote Minḥat kena’ot (The Zealous Portion), a philosophical work, and other short philosophical and kabbalistic works.

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Chapter 15. In Explanation of Bills of Exchange Called Cambii and of Maritime Insurance

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