2266, 6; in the first the name of his father is mentioned)." Travel "He also wrote descriptions of his travels; and his letters to his relations in Italy, although intended only as private communications, are of great historical value. Most interesting in these letters (first published by S. Sachs in the "Jahrbuch für Geschichte der Juden," 1863, iii. 195-224) is the fund of information concerning the social and intellectual conditions of the Jews in Greece, Egypt, and Israel. He shows himself therein not only a close observer, but a conscientious and unprejudiced chronicler. For example, he studied attentively the conditions of the Karaites in Alexandria, and did not hesitate to praise them for the possession of the very virtues which the Rabbanites denied to them, such as generosity and liberality (l.c. p. 208; the text is to be emended according to the manuscript mentioned in Steinschneider, "Hebr. Bibl." vi. 131). His description of the Samaritans in Egypt (l.c. pp. 206–208) is one of the most valuable and reliable of medieval times." References Attribution This article is based to a large degree on text from The Jewish Encyclopedia (1901–1906), a publication now in the public domain: Ginzberg, Louis. "Bertinoro, Obadiah (Yareh) b. Abraham (called also Bartinoro)". Singer, Isidore; et al., eds.. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Further reading 1440s births 1510s deaths 15th-century Italian rabbis Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives Commentaries on the Mishnah People from Bertinoro Rabbis in Hebron 15th-century rabbis in Jerusalem 16th-century rabbis in Jerusalem Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain