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Born and raised in Oran, Algeria, the talmudic scholar Jacob Sasportas served as rabbi of Tlemcen. Forced to flee Morocco due to political unrest, in 1647 he embarked on a life of wandering. In 1664…
Contributor:
Isaack Luttichuys
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
Date Unknown|Second Half of the 17th Century
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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…
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Aernout Naghtegaal
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1683
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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