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Printer’s Preface: Tsene rene
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God, blessed be He, knew very well that the people of Israel would be scattered among the nations and that most of them would not be able to understand the holy tongue [Hebrew]. Therefore our sages…

Contributor:

Ḥayim Druker

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1711

Subjects:

Yiddish, Translation, Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Print

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Dutch Translation of Penitential Prayers and Psalms
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This page of selichot (penitential prayers) is from a Dutch translation of penitential Prayers and Psalms made for Sarah de la Farra in Amsterdam.

Contributor:

David de Aron Uziel Cardoso

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1714

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Repentance, Language and linguistics, Assimilation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page of Dutch text framed in lined border with illustrations of birds and flowers on top and Dutch words around frame.
Latin-Hebrew Edition of the Mishnah
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This page comes from the first of six volumes of Guilielmus Surenhuys’s translation of the Mishnah into Latin, printed in Amsterdam. At center is a depiction of Moses and Aaron standing beside a…

Contributor:

Willem Surenhuys

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1698

Subjects:

Print, Oral Torah, Translation, Language and linguistics, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Print with central rectangular scene of men at podium surrounded by ten circles with images of figures and animals, and scene at bottom of large crowd outside city.