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Dec 8, 2022 · Safra, who lived from 1932 to 1999, had an unparalleled career in banking in the second half of the 20th century. Born in 1932 in Beirut into a banking family, he went to Milan at the age of 15 ...
Safra was a businessman (BB 144a), a partner of *Issur Giora (BM 31b), and his business honesty was legendary (Mak. 24a). It is related that once, while praying, he was approached by a prospective buyer for his ass. The buyer, interpreting Safra's refusal to interrupt his prayers as a sign of disapproval of the price offered, successively ...
Acts 5:1-11. New International Version. Ananias and Sapphira. 5 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has ...
Sep 3, 2022 · The timing was right. Edmond J. Safra has been dead for nearly 23 years. When Gross received the request of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation to write this biography, it came with the express ...
Sep 1, 2022 · When political realities in the 1950s made it impossible for his family to remain in Beirut, Safra moved them to Brazil. There he engaged in import-export and trade, and founded Banco Safra, later ...
May 18, 2023 · The Codex Sassoon's most recent owner was Swiss investor Jacqui Safra, who bought it for £2m ($2.5m) at auction in London in 1989. Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible goes on display AI unlocks ...
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Feb 17, 2023 · Written around 1,100 years ago, the Codex Sassoon contains the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible on roughly 400 pages of parchment. Sotheby's Today, Swiss collector Jacqui Safra owns it.
