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Thus saith the humble Jacob ben Chajim ben Isaac Ibn Adonijah: “He entereth in peace, where the righteous rest upon their couches, who walked in uprightness.”
Praised be the Creator, who exists and…
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Jacob Ibn Adoniyahu
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1525
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To his excellency, the great sage, the learned and famous rabbiAdolf H. Neubauer, the Head LibrarianOf the Government Library in Oxford, England! My dear Sir and Rabbi!Although I have not hitherto…
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Abraham Dubzhevitch
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1890
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This is to announce to all interested in my book that when the head of the printers, the princely Daniel Bomberg, the Christian, decided to print the Twenty…
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Elye Bokher
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1538
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Dedicated to the Great Lord of Hosts.
Supreme and merciful God,
my affection to Your lofty and just compassion
dedicates to You today
the exordia of my muse.
Protect, immense Lord,
my coarse and…
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David del Valle Saldaña
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1733
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Interlocutors: Massimiano, Santino, and VeridicoSantino:What, does it seem to you, is a comedy, who was its first author, what is its purpose, is it rendered in verse or in…
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Judah Sommo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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ca. 1565
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Thus said the author, Nehemiah Ḥiya, son of my master, my father, Moses Ḥayun: I myself know that all who see this book will be greatly astonished, and they will say, “Look at the…
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Nehemiah Ḥiya Ḥayun
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1713
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In my cottage was I one day merrily
Despite the Fortune full of treachery.
“What are you doing?” Providence asked me.
“Why are you obsessed only with this life?
You must also know of the…
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Yuāsuf Yahuādīā
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Khanate of Bukhara (Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
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1749
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I am astonished to see that for reading just the names of the holy books, one receives his reward, as if he had read and studied them all. If so, then one will not make much of an effort to study…
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Shabbetai Meshorer Bass
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1680