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Portrait of Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
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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

Subjects:

Portrait, Print, Sephardi, Kabbalah, Rabbis

Categories:

Print & book culture, Rabbinic commentary
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.
The Golem’s Circle
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Rabbi Eleazar opened the palm of his hand and let the fertile, virgin earth escape He took pure water from the mountain spring recited the two hundred and twenty-one alphabetical combinations    and…

Contributor:

Angelina Muñiz-Huberman

Places:

Mexico City, Mexico

Date:

1992

Subjects:

Mysticism, Rabbis, Death, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry