Jacob Tirado
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Jacob Tirado was one of the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam
.
With several Marrano
s he sailed from Portugal in a vessel which was driven out of its course to Emden
in East Friesland. Following the advice of Rabbi Moses Uri ha-Levi, he continued his travels with his companions to Amsterdam
, c. 1593. After his arrival there, he confessed the Jewish faith openly, and afterwards, though advanced in years, underwent the rite of circumcision.
Together with Jacob Israel Belmonte and Samuel Palache, Tirado founded the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam, being its first president. Having acquired a house on the Houtgracht, he transformed it into a synagogue, which was called after him "Bet Ya'akob," or "Casa de Jacob," and was consecrated at the Jewish New Year's festival (September 1597). Annually on Yom Kippur
a special prayer in his behalf is recited as an acknowledgment of his important services to the community. In his old age Tirado traveled to Jerusalem, where he died.
Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands
As a result of the Inquisition, many Sephardim left the Iberian peninsula at the end of the 15th century and throughout the 16th century, in search for religious freedom. Some of them found their way to the newly independent Dutch provinces: independent from the reign of Spain, Sephardic Jews from...
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With several Marrano
Marrano
Marranos were Jews living in the Iberian peninsula who converted to Christianity rather than be expelled but continued to observe rabbinic Judaism in secret...
s he sailed from Portugal in a vessel which was driven out of its course to Emden
Emden
Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...
in East Friesland. Following the advice of Rabbi Moses Uri ha-Levi, he continued his travels with his companions to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, c. 1593. After his arrival there, he confessed the Jewish faith openly, and afterwards, though advanced in years, underwent the rite of circumcision.
Together with Jacob Israel Belmonte and Samuel Palache, Tirado founded the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam, being its first president. Having acquired a house on the Houtgracht, he transformed it into a synagogue, which was called after him "Bet Ya'akob," or "Casa de Jacob," and was consecrated at the Jewish New Year's festival (September 1597). Annually on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur , also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue...
a special prayer in his behalf is recited as an acknowledgment of his important services to the community. In his old age Tirado traveled to Jerusalem, where he died.
Further reading
- Uri Phoebus Halevi: Narração da vinda dos judeos espanhoes a Amsterdam. Amsterdam 1711. (Neew edition: Jacob S. da Silva Rosa, Amsterdam 1933)
- Odette Vlessing: New Light on the Earliest History of the Amsterdam Portuguese Jews. In: Jozeph Michman (ed.): Dutch Jewish History; 3. Jerusalem 1993, pp. 43–75. ISBN 9652223190
- Marc Saperstein: Exile in Amsterdam. Saul Levi Morteira's sermons to a congregation of "new Jews". Cincinnati 2005, pp. 149–154. ISBN 0-87820-457-1
- Robert Cohen: "Memoria Para Os Siglos Futuros": Myth and Memory on the Beginnings of the Amsterdam Sephardi Community. In: Jewish History, 2/1 (1987), pp. 67–72
- Miriam Bodian: Hebrews of the Portuguese nation. Conversos and community in early modern Amsterdam. Bloomington 1997.
- Ludwig Philippson: Jakob Tirado. Geschichtlicher Roman aus der zweiten Hälfte des sechszehnten Jahrhunderts. Leipzig 1867.