Tag: Hamburg

Perush Al Neviim Rishonim (Commentary on the early prophets) by Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel, third edition, Hamburg, 1687, with Abarbanel’s description of the expulsion from Spain in 1492.

While browsing through Abarbanel’s commentary on the early prophets, I came across his introduction of the Book of Kings.  Writing about kings, he starts writing about the King of Spain and the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, including himself, of which more below. I am not the first person to notice this, and I … Continue reading Perush Al Neviim Rishonim (Commentary on the early prophets) by Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel, third edition, Hamburg, 1687, with Abarbanel’s description of the expulsion from Spain in 1492. →

Shu”t Knesset Yechezkel by Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen, Altona 1732.

When I was ten years old, my late cousin, Issy Blankfield, told me that I was descended from the "Hamburg Rov".  The "Hamburg" Rov, my great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, was Rabbi Yechezkel (Ezekiel) ben Avraham Katzenellenbogen. I have other copies of this book, but this one, which I recently acquired, is a first edition, printed in the … Continue reading Shu”t Knesset Yechezkel by Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen, Altona 1732. →