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The first “finger” is called Or Torah (The Light of Torah), as it consists of my notes on the Torah. Now, these notes will be useful for all people, but will provide their fullest benefit only to…
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Menaḥem di Lonzano
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1618
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The tour of inspection on which I invited you to accompany me during this course has come to an end. We must now retrace our steps and review the results achieved by our tour…
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Umberto Cassuto
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Rome, Kingdom of Italy (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1934
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Remember me, O my God, for the good (Nehemiah 5:19). Amen
I began to write the first Torah Scroll, with the help of God, today, 2 Heshvan, the twenty-second of October, in the year 5302 [1541]. It…
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Meir ben Ephraim of Padua
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1541–1580
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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