Rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher
Menasseh Ben Israel
Engraved portrait by Salom Italia, 1642
Born
1604 (1604)
La Rochelle, Kingdom of France
Died
20 November 1657(1657-11-20) (aged 52–53)
Middelburg, Dutch Republic
Resting place
Ouderkerk a/d Amstel
Occupation
Rabbi
Signature
Manoel Dias Soeiro[needs Ladino IPA] (Dutch pronunciation:[maːˈnulˈdijɑ(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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