David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Salonica)

David ben Joseph Pardo (c. 1591 – 1657) was a Dutch rabbi and hakham.

He was born in Salonica to Rabbi Joseph and Reina[1] in the second half of the sixteenth century.

[2] In 1610, Pardo published in Amsterdam a transcription in Latin characters of Zaddik ben Joseph Formon's Obligacion de los Coraçones, a translation of the Hobot ha-Lebabot[2] into Judaeo-Spanish.

[5] On September 16, 1619, he married Rachel Sanchez (born 1595[6] at Moura, Portugal).

[7] Pardo died at Amsterdam on March 15, 1657[2] (Rosh Chodesh Nisan, 5417 A.M.[8]) and is buried at Beth Haim of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel.