Menasseh ben Israel

(1604-1657). A Dutch rabbi and kabbalist who founded the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam in 1626. Author of Mikveh Israel.

“Reproduction of the second 1652 English edition frontispiece to Menasseh ben Israel’s The Hope of Israel, originally entitled Mikveh Israel (written in Hebrew, c. 1648), a work first published in Latin at Ben Israel’s own Amsterdam press in 1650 (as Spes Israelis). Engraved portrait of Ben Israel by Salomo d’Italia, 1642.” Courtesy Wikipedia.
Gravestone of R. Menasseh ben Israel in Beth Haim Ouderkerk aan de Amsel. Photo by L. Leibman
Gravestone of R. Menasseh ben Israel in Beth Haim Ouderkerk aan de Amsel. Photo by L. Leibman
Gravestone of R. Menasseh ben Israel in Beth Haim Ouderkerk aan de Amsel. Photo by L. Leibman

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