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Elle bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
b. 1687
Elle was the daughter of the proselyte Moses ben Abraham, a printer from Nikolsburg (Mikulov, Moravia). She worked at her father’s workshop as a typesetter and typeset the Yiddish translation of the book Tefilah le-Moshe (Prayer of Moses) in 1696, at the age of nine. She added this versified colophon at the end of the book.
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Colophon: Tefilah le-Moshe (Prayer of Moses)
I set the Yiddish letters with my own hands.
Elle, daughter of the respected rabbi Moses from Holland.
I am not more than nine years old.
Among six children I am the only daughter.
Therefore, if you…