"…The story was… because this city… Ragusa… the foam of God… and the earth shook, and after the noise a fire… almost the whole city was consumed by fire… many victims fell… since then Keep and accept the holy community on them and their offspring to give thanks before him, let him ascend and offer a peace offering instead of a sacrifice of thanksgiving… came to mind a man of valor… to print in a narrow way… by the way… here I have brought (a book that heals the tongue), correction for the souls… oppressed and afflicted In smallpox patients… Sama Demalta to knock on the doors of heaven… Please take care of yourself…
At the end, Sefer Marpeh Lashon, learning prayers and virtues "…being infected with smallpox…"
Only Edition, Venice, 1800.
By Rabbi Jacob Son of Rabbi David Pardo.
Very Rare! Has only appeared once at public auction.
58 Pages. 17.5 Cm.
Overall Good condition. some stains, original leather binding a bit rubbed out on edges and spine.
The author Rabbi Jacob ben David Pardo was an 18th-century rabbi, author and poet.
He served as rabbi at Ragusa (Dubrovnik) and Spalato (Split). He was the author of: "Marpe Lashon" (Venice, 1780), prayers and religious poems for children, printed conjointly with his "Tehillah be-Eretz, " poems on the earthquake in Ragusa; "Kehillat Ya\'akob" (ib. 1784), commentary on the Earlier Prophets; "Appe Zutre" (ib. 1797), [3] novellæ to the treatise "Hilkot Ishshut, " i.e., precepts for women; "Tokfo shel Nes"[4] (ib. 1798), introduction to the "Ma\'aseh Nissim"[5] of Aaron Cohen Ragusano; "Minchat Aharon" (ib. 1809), precepts for the religious ritual upon awakening, for the three daily prayers, and moral precepts; "Mishkenot Ya\'akob" (Leghorn, 1824), commentary on Isaiah, published by his son David Samuel.
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