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Lida, David de

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a Jewish writer of the 18th century, is the author of, מגדל דוד, or a cabalistic commentary on Ruth (Amsterdam, 1610): — עיר דוד, homilies on the Pentateuch (ibid. 1719): — עיר מקלט, or a commentary on the 613 precepts (1690). His writings were edited and published under the title of כל בו ספר י 8 8ד, by his son (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1727). See First, Bibl. Jud. 2:247. (B.P.)