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Lot 130:
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Chacham Menashe Ben Yisrael (1604-1658) a descendant of a family of conversos that rebecame Jews and immigrated from Portugal to Amsterdam, Holland. Was a Rav, darshan, founder of the first Hebrew printery in Amsterdam and a politician who is remembered mainly for his activity for the converso of Spain and Portugal.
In addition to his Torah greatness, he was proficient in science and fluent in many languages, which he used to present Judaism in a positive light. Thus, he was appreciated by many clergymen and scientists. Authored the books Nishmat Chaim, Mikveh Yisrael and several books in Spanish, one of them titled The Conciliator, a book whose purpose was to encourage the conversos and which was smuggled into Portugal to be read by its conversos.
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