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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…
Contributor:
Moses Provenzali
Places:
Mantua, Holy Roman Empire (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1560
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The rhymed Hebrew inscription below the picture of Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Nathan of Lublin notes that he had formerly been a cantor in Lublin and is presently serving in that role in Amsterdam, in 1699…
Contributor:
Pieter van den Berge
Places:
Dutch Republic (Netherlands)
Date:
1699
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It is known that one who lacks books lacks knowledge, for a man’s knowledge is limited in its reach by the reach of his books; and there is no artist without tools. Many new books came…
Contributor:
Simon Frankfurt
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1703–1712