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Printing, which Jews adopted immediately after its invention, helped to unify far-flung communities. Where previously Jewish learning had been transmitted through the individual copying of manuscripts…
Contributor:
Daniel Bomberg
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1522/3–1524
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With a brief commentary and some Tosafot (additions) which were balanced, refined, and written by the Torah scholar, the great rabbi, R. Elijah ben Judah Loeb, who dwells in the land of Fulda, based…
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Elijah Fulda
Places:
Fulda, Holy Roman Empire (Fulda, Germany)
Date:
1710
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This engraving portrays Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, a rabbi, kabbalist, and preacher, born in Castro Daire, Portugal, to a family of New Christians. He arrived in Amsterdam with his family at the age of…
Contributor:
Aernout Naghtegaal
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1683