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Revision as of 23:44, 19 June 2014 by -- -- -- (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For the rabbi born in Amsterdam, see David Pardo (rabbi, born in Amsterdam). For the Italian rabbi, see David Pardo (Italian rabbi).David ben Joseph Pardo (c.1591 – 1657 was a Dutch rabbi and hakham. He was born at Salonica in the second half of the sixteenth century. He went with his father to Amsterdam, where he became hakham of the Bet Yisrael congregation (founded 1618). This congregation was consolidated in 1638 with the other two congregations in Amsterdam, and Pardo was appointed hakham together with Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Menasseh Ben Israel, and Saul Levi Morteira. He was also a trustee of the Jewish cemetery and hazzan of the Bikkur Holim organization. In 1625 he founded the Honen Dallim benevolent society.
In 1610, Pardo published in Amsterdam a transcription in Latin characters of Zaddik ben Joseph Formon's Obligacion de los Coraçones, a translation of the Hobot ha-Lebabot into Judaeo-Spanish.
Pardo died at Amsterdam on March 15, 1657.
References
- "The Pardo (Prado) Family". 1999. Retrieved Jun/19/14.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "David ben Joseph Pardo". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved Dec/11/13. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help)
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- Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "FORMON, ẒADDIḲ BEN JOSEPH". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved Dec/11/13.
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