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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…

This is the signature of Heinrich 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 Ganzfried,…

This is the bookstamp of Josef Bursztyn (Joseph Burstyn), a Polish merchant. He was born on July 9th, 1894 in Nodwarna, Poland to Beila and Issachar.

The photograph above shows Josef on the day of his wedding to Blanca Kessler in Vienna, circa…

This is the bookstamp of Shelomoh Ram, a dayyan (member of the local rabbinical court) and moreh tsedek (rabbi who makes decisions pertaining to Jewish law) in Jerusalem.

He was the son of Rabbi Yonah Ram of Birz, Lithuania (also known as Birzai…

This is the bookstamp of “Sa’adat Bahurim,” a society established in 1760 as a framework to support students of poor financial standing attending the Bet ha-Midrash de Ashkenazim be-Amsterdam ʻEts Ḥayim (house of learning for Ashkenazim) in…

This is the bookstamp of the Nederlandsch Israëlietisch Seminarium te Amsterdam, which was born out of the theological seminary established in 1810 as the successor institution to the Bet ha-Midrash de Ashkenazim be-Amsterdam ʻEts Ḥayim of the…

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 stamped book cover of Benjamin Aron de Metz (also Benjamin Wolf Aron de Metz Maarsen), who was born in Amsterdam in 1760.

He was the son of Aron Maharam David de Mets Maarsen and Bele David Frankfort. He married Marianne Leon Keijzer…

This is the stamped book cover of Haim (also Hayim) Yisrael Romano, a wealthy grain merchant and philanthropist from Constantinople. He was affectionately called “Chilivi Mercado Romano” or “The Master Merchant Romano.” He had a yeshivah in…

This is the stamped book cover of the 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…