Benedykt Ziemilski’s father, Bernhard Zimmels, was a rabbi in Ostrava who died 10 months after Benedykt/Baruch Ziemilski was born. He wrote his thesis on Leo Hebraeus (Judah Leon Abravanel - (c. 1465 Lisbon- c. 1523 Naples), the author of Dialogues of Love, one of the most popular philosophical works of his time.
Judah Leon Abravanel was the son of Don Isaac Abravanel (1437 - 1508), the renowned Portuguese rabbi, scholar, biblical commentator, philosopher and statesman.
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