Sefer Lev David was written by Hayyim Yosef David Azulai ben Isaac Zerachia (in Hebrew: חיים יוסף דוד אזולאי), commonly known as the Hida (by the acronym of his name, חיד"א). Born and educated in Jerusalem, Azulai was a…
Nagid u-metsaṿeh (first published in Amsterdam 1712) is an anthology of customs in the tradition of Isaac Luria. It was written by Jacob ben Ḥayyim Ẓemaḥ, a Portuguese cabalist and physician. Ẓemaḥ receivedmedical training in Portugal as…
Sefer Ot Emet is a comprehensive work on the laws of reading in a Sefer Torah, related blessings, and customs by R. Yehudah ben Manoah ben Ya'akov Said.
R. Said is considered among the great rabbis of his generation. He was born in Dobnitza and…
Sefer Rabiyah was written by Rabbi Elyaḳim ben Yehudah ha-Milzahgi (in Hebrew רבי אליקים בן יהודה המילזאהגי; acronym is 'ראביה'). Sefer Rabiyah discusses the writings of Leopold Zunz and Solomon Judah Leob…
Zimrat ha-arets is detailed account of the resettlement of Jews in Tiberias in the eighteenth century and the many miracles done at that time. It was written by R. Jacob ben Hayyim Berab (Beirav), a poet and hymnologist. Berab was born in Safed and…
This is the signature of Abraham Langleben, a Polish writer and tradesman.
He was born in 1881 in Warsaw, where he studied at Raichman's Beit Midrash. He supplemented his schooling with self-study and learned to speak several European languages.…
This is the signature of Aldo Servi, an Italian mechanical engineer.
He was born in Pitigliano in 1881 and died in Milan in 1963. He was the son of Salomone Servi, deputy rabbi of Pitigliano, and Debora Lattes. The Servi family was at one point…