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Portrait of Solomon Ayllon (1660/64–1728), Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Congregations in London and Amsterdam from 1700 to 1728
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Portrait of Solomon Ayllon, Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Congregations in London and Amsterdam from 1700 to 1728. This portrait was printed at the time of his death to commemorate him.

Contributor:

Jacobus Houbraken

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Portrait, Rabbis, Dress, Memory, Sephardic

Categories:

Print & book culture
Print portrait of man with curly wig and beard in oval frame, and Latin and Hebrew text below.
Vave ha-‘amudim (Hooks of the Columns)
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Now comes the turn, with awe and reverence, awe and reverence without end, of my father, the pious, God-fearing, learned one, may his strength be for the Torah [see Esther 2:15], the supernal light…

Contributor:

Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Family, Parenthood, Children, Rabbis, Memory, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Memoirs & diaries