Jacob Pardo

For the 19th century author, see Jacob Vita Pardo.

Jacob ben David Pardo was an 18th-century rabbi, author and poet.[1]

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),[2] 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),[6] 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.[1]

References

1.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Jacob ben David Pardo". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
2. קהלת יעקב (in Hebrew). Retrieved June 18, 2014.
3. אפי זוטרי (in Hebrew). OCLC 233109278. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
4. תקפו שׁל נס (in Hebrew). Retrieved June 18, 2014.
5. מעשׂה נסים (in Hebrew). Retrieved June 18, 2014.
   Friedberg, Bernard. בית עקד ספרים (in Hebrew). Retrieved June 18, 2014.
6. מנחת אהרן (in Hebrew). OCLC 233099118. Retrieved June 18, 2014.