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Menasseh Ben Israel
Engraved portrait by Salom Italia, 1642
Born1604 (1604)
La Rochelle, Kingdom of France
Died20 November 1657(1657-11-20) (aged 52–53)
Middelburg, Dutch Republic
Resting placeOuderkerk a/d Amstel
OccupationRabbi
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Manoel Dias Soeiro[needs Ladino IPA] (Dutch pronunciation: [maːˈnul ˈdijɑ(s) ˈsʋeːroː]); (1604 – 20 November 1657), better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh ben Israel (מנשה בן ישראל‎) or Menashe ben Israel, also known as Menasheh ben Yossef ben Yisrael, also known with the Hebrew acronym, MB"Y or MBI, was a Jewish scholar, rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer, publisher, and founder of the first Hebrew printing press (named Emeth Meerets Titsma`h) in Amsterdam in 1626.

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