Jacob ben David Pardo was an 18th-century
rabbi
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, author and poet.
He served as rabbi at Ragusa (
Dubrovnik
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) and Spalato (
Split
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Arts, enter ...
). He was the author of: "''Marpe Lashon''" (
Venice
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, 1780),
prayers
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and
religious poems for children, printed conjointly with his "''Tehillah be-Eretz''," poems on the earthquake in Ragusa; "''Kehillat Ya'akob''" (ib. 1784), commentary on the
Earlier Prophets; "''Appe Zutre''" (ib. 1797),