Showing Results 1 - 2 of 2
A Ruling on the Printing of the Zohar
Restricted
Text
The earth made noise as did the heavens, and the doorposts are shaking at the voice crying out that it would be wrong to publish hidden and sealed materials and to break through the fence established…

Contributor:

Isaac de Lattes

Places:

Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino (Pesaro, Italy)

Date:

1558

Subjects:

Mysticism, Kabbalah, Oral Torah, Rabbis, Print

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Firsthand accounts
Portrait of Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
Public Access
Image
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.