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David Pardo (Dutch Rabbi, Born At Salonica)
David ben Joseph Pardo (c. 1591 – 1657) was a Dutch rabbi and ''hakham''. He was born at Salonica to Rabbi Joseph and Reina in the second half of the sixteenth century. He went with his father to Amsterdam, where he became ''hakham'' of the Bet Yisrael congregation (founded 1618). This congregation was consolidated in 1639 with the other two congregations in Amsterdam, and Pardo was appointed ''hakham'' together with Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Menasseh Ben Israel, and Saul Levi Morteira. He was also a trustee of the Jewish cemetery and ''hazzan'' of the Bikkur Holim organization. In 1625 he founded the Honen Dallim benevolent society.Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography: *Steinschneider, '' Cat. Bodl.'' col. 884; * Zedner, ''Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus.'' s.v. In 1610, Pardo published in Amsterdam a transcription in Latin characters of Zaddik ben Joseph Formon's ''Obligacion de los Coraçones'', a translation of the '' Hobot ha-Lebabot'' into Judaeo-Spanish. On September 16, 1619, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Pardo (rabbi)
Joseph Pardo (born c. 1561 – died 9 October 1619) was an Italian rabbi and merchant. He was born in Thessaloniki, but went to Venice before 1589, where he served as rabbi to the Levantine community and also engaged in business. Later, he emigrated to the Netherlands and was appointed Hakham of the Bet Ya'akob congregation in Amsterdam founded by Jacob Tirado, holding office from 1597 until his death. In 1615 he founded the Hermandad de las Huerfanas and Moher ha-Betulot, now the Santa Compania de Dotar Orphas e Donzelas. Some liturgical poems by him are included in the "''Imre Noam''" (Amsterdam, 1628; very rare). He was married to Reina (died at Amsterdam, 1631) and had three sons: Their eldest son, Isaac Pardo, died at Uskup in Turkey. Their second son, Abraham Pardo, died in Jerusalem.Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: * De Barrios, ''Casa de Jacob'', pp. 22, 24; *idem, ''Vida de Ishac Huziel'', pp. 38 et seq.; *Koenen, Geschiedenis der Joden in Nederland', pp. 143, 428; *K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duties Of The Heart
''Chovot HaLevavot'', or ''Ḥobot HaLebabot'' (; he, חובות הלבבות; English: ''Duties of the Hearts''), is the primary work of the Jewish rabbi, Bahya ibn Paquda, full name ''Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda''. Rabbi Ibn Paquda is believed to have lived in Zaragoza, Spain in the eleventh century. It was written in Judeo-Arabic in the Hebrew alphabet circa 1080 under the title ''Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart'' (), sometimes titled ''Guide to the Duties of the Heart'', and translated into Hebrew by Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon during 1161–80 under the title ''Torat Chovot HaLevavot''. There was another contemporary translation by Joseph Kimhi but its complete text did not endure the test of time. In 1973, Rabbi Yosef Kafih published his Hebrew translation from the original Arabic (the latter appearing aside his Hebrew translation). Organization and influences The ''Duties of the Heart'' is divided into ten sections termed "gates" ( he, שערים) correspond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Dutch Rabbis
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 ( MDCI), to December 31, 1700 ( MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal court could be more easily ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
