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Insofar as the true remedy for assuaging the Lord’s wrath is to turn from evil and do good, and since the best of all benevolent actions is to give alms, whereby, according to sacred scripture, one…
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The Hebra Honen Dalim (Merciful to the Poor) Society of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1625
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1700
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Leonore (Rachel) de Alvaro da Costa (1669–1749), the second wife of Don Francisco Lopes Suasso, was descended from a wealthy Portuguese New Christian family who fled the Iberian Peninsula and settled…
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Artist Unknown
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The Hague, Dutch Republic (The Hague, Netherlands)
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1730s–1740s
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Jacob Teixeira was born in Amsterdam in 1724 to Judith Nunes Henriques (b. Amsterdam, 1703–1732) and Joseph Teixeira (b. London, 1699–1775), who descended from the wealthy Portuguese Teixeira family…
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1748
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We are therefore obliged to examine the words of the living God, which are expressed through the wonderful wise men who have received the truth [i.e., kabbalists], the foundation of the Torah. The…
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Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1636
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A street. At the right the entrance to the synagogue, with steps and a portico. At the left the house of Aaron, before which are some chairs, in the shade of an awning. Some trees and…
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Herman Heijermans
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1898
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This is the book of the generations/children of man, those that were born by my hands among the Hebrew women. I came to them, I the midwife, for they are vital [Exodus 1:15–19] and give birth to a son…
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Roza
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Groningen, Dutch Republic (Groningen, Netherlands)
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1794–1832
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Willem Jacobsz
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Delft, Dutch Republic (Delft, Netherlands)
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1628
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Salomon Saveri
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1634
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Artist Unknown
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The Hague, Dutch Republic (The Hague, Netherlands)
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1600–1726