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Judah Gedaliah
d. c. 1526PrinterEurope · 1526Most named place: Lisbon
Judah Gedaliah was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and worked there at Eliezer Toledano's Hebrew press (1489–95). After the expulsion from Portugal in 1497 he settled in Salonika, Greece establishing the first Hebrew printing press there using fine type fonts he had brought from Lisbon.
Gedaliah and his family printed about 30 Hebrew books between 1515 and 1535. He was highly praised for his work in spreading the knowledge of Torah among the Iberian refugees in Salonika. After Gedaliah’s death his business was continued by his sons.
