I am always intrigued by the less famous details in history. Small communities only mentioned in passing, but also "obscure" Hakhamim. In Amsterdam in the beginning of the community, much depended on the first Hakhamim that were brought from elsewhere (we all know why, no need to get into that). The "famous" ones have been discussed here at length: Levi Mortera, Pardo, to a lesser extent Uziel, etc.But in the very beginning, there were some Levantine Hakhamim of whom little is known, for example Jeuda Vega, Samuel Tardiola, Mose Ben Aroyo. I have found extremely little on them, even though their presence at the time must have been very important. I think the only things I found were some locations of whence they came to Amsterdam, and where they went after. I can't find the data right now, but I think Vega went to Jerusalem, for example, and maybe one of the others (back) to Constantinople.Ton Tielen says he has some tidbits about Tardiola, anyone have anything on the others?