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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.
Puerta del cielo (Gate of Heaven)
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Because the ineffable four-letter name of the Tetragrammaton is located in ‘Adam Qadmon, it will be…

Contributor:

Abraham Cohen de Herrera

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1630

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Mysticism

Categories:

Mystical Texts