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Colophon: Tefilah le-Moshe (Prayer of Moses)
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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…

Contributor:

Elle bat Moses ben Abraham Ger

Places:

Dessau, Holy Roman Empire (Dessau, Germany)

Date:

1696

Subjects:

Yiddish, Adolescence, Women, Print

Categories:

Print & book culture
Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On a Banned Book
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In meetings of the community’s Mahamad [board of governors], past and present, discussions were held about a book that Gideon [Abudiente] ordered printed concerning the…

Contributor:

The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Apocalypse, Leadership, Crime, Excommunication, Print

Categories:

Print & book culture, Law
Colophon: Tefilah le-Moshe (Prayer of Moses)
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All the letters in this beautiful new prayer book, from beginning to end, I set with my own hands. Gele, daughter of R. Moses the printer and Frau Freide, who bore me among ten children, may they…

Contributor:

Gele bat Moses ben Abraham Ger

Places:

Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg (Halle, Germany)

Date:

1710

Subjects:

Yiddish, Adolescence, Women, Print, Exile

Categories:

Print & book culture