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Responsum: On Printed Megilot (Scrolls of) Esther
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Question: . . . When Rabbi Joseph Ottolenghi was visiting this land, he told me that he printed sixteen megillot on parchment prepared for this purpose [i.e., to be used for the scrolls—Ed.]. When I…

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Moses Provenzali

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Mantua, Holy Roman Empire (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1560

Subjects:

Print, Scribal culture, Halakhah, Holidays, Purim, Law, Responsa

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Law, Responsa
Beginning of scroll with Hebrew text arranged in columned archways and decorated figures above and beside each column.
Nishmat ḥayim (Breath of Life)
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We are therefore obliged to examine the words of the living God, which are expressed through the wonderful wise men who have received the truth [i.e., kabbalists], the foundation of the Torah. The…

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Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1636

Subjects:

Polemics, Eschatology, Sin, Excommunication, Christian-Jewish relations, Law, Responsa

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Law, Responsa
Print portrait of man in skullcap and beard, in front of bookshelf and holding open book in his hand, with crown and Hebrew text underneath.