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The Adventures in Short of Ferdinand Pedahtsur
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In a faraway land over the seas Lived a clever and wise king, if you please. His name was not easy to say unrehearsed King Leonard-Ferdinand-McCourt the first. We’ll take on the public’s prudent…

Contributor:

Efrayim Sidon, Yossi Abolafia

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1976

Subjects:

Humor, Language & linguistics, Leadership, Rebellion

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Children & young adult literature, Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of figure crouched on ground writing with ink.
Tikun keriyah le-kol laylah ve-yom (Supplications for Every Day and Night)
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The frontispiece of this book of penitential prayers, printed in Amsterdam by David de Castro Tartas, proclaims the pro-Sabbatean beliefs that were then widespread in the Amsterdam Jewish community…

Contributor:

David de Castro Tartas

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Print, Messianism, Prayer & liturgy, Repentance, Leadership

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Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Facing-page print with Hebrew text on left page and engraving on right page depicting man seated on a throne with lions and people below him and cherubs holding crown above him, and Hebrew inscription, and illustration below of men seated around a table with a crowd of people beyond.