Education
He was sent at an early age to the celebrated bet ha-midrash "Etz Chayyim, studied under Rabbi Berenstein at The Hague, and received his diploma of "Morenu" in 1839.
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David Jahacob Lopez Cardozo
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The same year he was appointed ab bet din of the Portuguese synagogue of Amsterdam, and in 1852 ab bet din and preacher of that synagogue, Aron Mendes Chumaceiro being made hakham, and Vaz Diaz and Montezinos dayyanim (civil judges) at the same time. He became dean of the intermediate classes of "Etz Chayyim, which office he held for nearly half a century.
