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Anshel Levi
16th Century
Anshel Levi was born in Germany and later moved to Italy. His personal testimony states that he worked as a scribe and teacher and suffered from poverty. Levi’s writings reveal that he was an educated and learned person. His Midrash le-pirke avot (Midrash on the Sayings of the Fathers), a Yiddish commentary on m. Avot, was written in 1579 for a female patron named Perl.
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Midrash on the Sayings of the Fathers
There was once a king who built a beautiful palace and hired two painters to paint it to the best of their abilities. He would pay them well.
And the painters said, “We will work diligently and…