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This is the bookstamp of the Bet ha-Midrash de Ashkenazim be-Amsterdam ʻEts Ḥayim (also simply ʻEts Ḥayim), a Beit Midrash (house of learning) created to educate rabbis in Amsterdam and all of Holland. It was established in 1740 after Rabbi…

This is the bookstamp of the Bet ha-midrash le-Rabanim be-Berlin Bibliothek (also Bibliothek des Rabbiner-Seminars zu Berlin) (est. 1873), the Library of the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin. It is also known as the Hildesheimerian Rabbinical Seminary.…

This is the bookstamp of Biblioteca Magnani (est. 1801), Magnani Library of Bologna, Italy. This library was established with funds given by Antonio Magnani (1743-1811), professor and librarian of the Institute of Sciences (Istituto delle Scienze).…

This is the bookstamp of Dr. Caro Owen Minasian (1897-1973), an Armenian physician, manuscript and book collector, and amateur historian. Dr. Minasian was educated at the English College in Isfahan, Iran. He later went to Europe to study medicine at…

This is the bookstamp of David Meldola, a Hebraist, Talmudist and de facto chief rabbi of the London Sephardic community from 1828 until his death in 1853. Meldola was born in 1797 in Leghorn, where he was ordained as rabbi.

He was the eldest son…

This is the bookstamp of Eduard (Ede) Ehrlich (1808-1882), a Hungarian rabbi who held posts in several cities throughout his lifetime. Little about his life is documented, aside from a few articles from a local newspaper in which he is mentioned.…

This is the bookstamp of Emil Wassermann. Emil, who was born on May 12th 1842 in Wallerstein, Germany and died on November 12th 1911 in Berlin, Germany, was the initiator of the banking tradition in the Wassermann Family. He owned and directed A.E.…

This is the bookstamp of Evelina de Rothschild Girls' School (est. 1854), the first all-girls school in Palestine. It was originally founded by Dr. Albert Cohen in the Old City of Jerusalem and taught the students domestic trades, such as sewing and…

This is the bookstamp of George (also Gedaliah ben Isiah Meir) Silverstone (1872-1944), Orthodox rabbi and author.

Silverstone was born in Jasionowka, Poland and was educated at the yeshivas in Ruzhany and Telz. In 1891, he moved with his family…

This is the bookstamp of Heinrich (also Hayim) Brody, a Hungarian rabbi and scholar specializing in Hebrew poetry. He was born in Ungvar, Hungary to Rabbi Solomon Zalman Brody of the famous Brody rabbinical family. His grandfather was Rabbi Solomon…