Do not say, "How was it that the former days were better than these?" For not out of wisdom have you asked concerning this.

Kohelet 7:10

Jacob Castello - Biography

Jacob Antonio Castello (or Jacob Antonio Castelo) was a Jewish poet of Sepharadi origins who lived in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century. He died sometime after 1684. He was a member of several academies of poetry in his native city, and he was well-known for his innovative poetic riddles. Verses authored by Castello were included in the works Coro de las Musas by Miguel de Barrios and Rumbos Peligrosos by Joseph Penso.






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