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Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi · Alexandria

Person · 1550 CE – 1624 CE

Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi

Also known as

Aschkenasi aus Janow
Ja'akov ben Jicchak
Ja'akov ben Jicchak Janov
Jacob ben Isaac
Jacob Ben Isaac de Janow Achkenazi
Jacob Janow

archival plate · Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi · placeholder

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Connected to

religionJudaism5th c. BCE
born inJanów Lubelski1245 CE

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