XVIIIth century CE

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 27-1.

Neo-Hebrew poet, author of the drama Gemul Atalyah inspired by Racine.

Hungarian maskil, rabbi, and astronomer

Rabbi of Taza, 18th century. Mentioned in 5500 of the Hebrew era (1740). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 25-1.

Rabbi of Meknès, 18th century. Born in 5490 (1730), died in 5550 (1790) of the Hebrew era. Son of Aharon. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 25–3.

Italian rabbi of the first half of the 18th century, student of N. Pincherle, he served successively in Reggio, Livorno and Trieste. His principal work, « Bet David », is a commentary on the Mishna…

Arriving in Calcutta in 1821 from Baghdad with his father Joseph Ezra and his brother Nissim, he built an immense real estate fortune and became Calcutta's largest landowner. Leader of the Baghdadi…

Rabbi, 18th century. Mentioned in 5490 of the Hebrew era (1730). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 24-4.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-1.

Rabbi of Salé, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5492 of the Hebrew era (1732). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 28-2.

Rabbi of Vallée du Draa. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 27-4.

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Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 26-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 28-1.

Italian rabbi

Rabbi of Meknès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 27-1.

Son of Ezekiel Rahabi (I) who emigrated from Aleppo to Cochin in 1646, David Rahabi came to Cochin after his father's death and died there in 1726; his tombstone is preserved in the courtyard of the…

British economist and philosopher

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 28-3.

Notable and Jewish treasurer of Baghdad, founder of the Sassoon merchant dynasty in Bombay.

Rabbi of Sefrou, 18th century. Mentioned in 5464 of the Hebrew era (1704). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 25-2.

Chief Rabbi of France

Ukrainian rabbi

German rabbi

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Son of Shlomo. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 28-1.

Rabbi of Demnate, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 27-1.

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French Deputy born in Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres, on 30 March 1796 and died in the same city on 24 January 1879, Benjamin Ferdinand David studied medicine and then served as an auxiliary naval surgeon…

Danish economist and politician born in Copenhagen on January 16, 1793 and died in the same city on June 18, 1874, Christian Georg Nathan David left Judaism for the Protestant Church in 1830, the…

Court banker in Hanover and agent of the finance council, born in Hanover in the middle of the eighteenth century, son of Michel David, friend of Moses Mendelssohn, Meyer Michel David bequeaths…

Polish rabbi who died in Działoszyce in 1751, Samuel ben Juda Löb David succeeded his father as rabbi of Szydłów when the latter became rabbi of Cracow, before being called in turn to Cracow around…

Farmer of the revenues of Lumbrales, in Castile, Joseph Delgado is condemned, on July 26, 1723, together with his wife Antonia de Cárdenas and his brother Gabriel Delgado, to perpetual imprisonment…

German-French historian born in Münster on May 11, 1784, and died in Paris on September 5, 1853, Georges Bernard Depping settled in Paris in 1803 and published « Jews in the Middle Ages, Historical…

Russian poet and senator born in Kazan on July 15, 1743 and died in Zvanka, in the governorate of Novgorod, on July 20, 1816, Gavriil Romanovitch Derjavine was entrusted in 1799 by Emperor Paul to…

Talmudist of the 18th century nicknamed « Dessau » after the city where he lived, Moses b. Michael Dessau published in 1724 aggadic novelties on the treatises Berakhot, Shabbat, and Kiddushin as well…

German composer born in Prague on May 28, 1798 and died in Mödling, near Vienna, on July 8, 1876, student of Tomaschek for piano, Josef Dessauer was first destined for commerce before a trip to Italy…

Hungarian rabbi

German rabbi born in Zülz, in Prussian Silesia, on April 2, 1800 and died in Beuthen on June 7, 1853, where he served as rabbi from 1829 until his death, distinguished himself as a preacher,…

Rabbi of Kolín, in Bohemia, and of its subordinate communities, active in the early eighteenth century, Mordecai ben Enoch Juda Deutsch is the author of the « Mor Deror », novellae on the talmudic…

Rabbinic author established in Hamburg in the 17th and 18th centuries, Elijah ben Isaac Deutz is the author of the "Pi Eliyahu" (Altona, 1735), a commentary on the "Pereḳ Shirah".

French painter born in Bordeaux in 1794 and died on May 29, 1817, Félix Dias showed marked talent for painting from early youth, won several prizes at the Academy and obtained in 1817 the first prize…

French philosopher and encyclopedist born in Langres on 5 October 1713 and died in Paris on 30 July 1784, Denis Diderot showed little sympathy for Jews: the article on Jewish philosophy in the «…

Supplier to the Russian army born in Niasvij, in the governorate of Minsk, in the second half of the 18th century, and died in Vilna on June 25, 1838, Eliezer Dillon supplied the Russian army during…

Talmudist and homilist born around 1744, student of Joshua Cohen at the yeshiva, where he meets Joseph Steinhardt and Jacob Berlin, David ben Joël Dispeck becomes dayyan of Fürth and then, in 1771,…

Soldier in the service of the East India Company and second founder of the Beni-Israel congregation of Bombay, born in Cochin in 1730 and died in that city in 1797, Samuel Ezekiel Divekar enlisted…

Polish rabbi who died in Lemberg in 1779, Dob Baer b. Loeb is rabbi of Kozienice, in the government of Lublin, in 1745, then of Krasnik in 1754, when he went to Jarosław to meet the rabbis defending…

Austrian writer and poet born July 12, 1753 in Brünn, Moravia, and guillotined April 5, 1793 in Paris, Moïse Dobruška, son of a wealthy Jewish merchant destined for the rabbinate, turned from…

German historian and political writer, defender of Jews and friend of Moses Mendelssohn, born in Lemgo on 11 December 1751 and died near Nordhausen on 29 May 1820, Christian Wilhelm von Dohm…

Austrian scholar died in Prague on January 25, 1743, Meïr ha-Lévi Dormitzer is the author of the "Ha'ataḳah," which explains the foreign words in Bertinoro's commentary on the Mishna (Prague, 1809).

Successor of the Baal Shem Tov and organizer of the Hasidic movement, he trained the first generation of Hasidic masters. His teaching spread Hasidism throughout Eastern Europe.

Polish rabbi

Second Rebbe of Chabad (1773–1827)

Printer of Amsterdam, active from 1680 to 1724 as typographer, editor, author and translator, successively employed at David Tartas, Moïse Mendes and Asher Anshel & Cie. He edits in 1690 a…

Russian poet, grammarian and Masorete born in Dubno, in Volhynia, in October 1738 and died in Amsterdam on June 26, 1813, Salomon ben Joël Dubno perfected himself in Galicia under Rabbi Salomon of…

French lawyer and friend of the Jews, born in 1758, died in exile in 1798. Deputy to the Estates General of 1789 and member of the Jacobin party, he became a royalist after the arrest of Louis XVI in…

Hungarian ecclesiastic born in Temesvár in 1734, died in 1797. Trained at the Talmud Torah of Prague, he received in 1760 the title of "Morenu", then, seized by religious doubts, began a wandering…

English Jew who, on May 15, 1800, saved the life of King George III at the Drury Lane theatre by deflecting the arm of a madman, Hadfield, at the moment when he fired on the sovereign with a pistol.…

Moravian scholar, active in Ungarisch-Brod in the early 18th century — perhaps a pseudonym, according to Steinschneider — known by the name appearing in the title of the "Mar'eh ha-Ketab we-Rashe…

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Son of Israel. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-3.

Rabbi of Rabat, 18th century. Mentioned in 5542 of the Hebrew era (1782). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-4.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Son of Menashe. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-2.

Rabbi of Meknès, 18th century. Died in 5471 of the Hebrew era (1711). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 23-3.

Rabbi, 18th century. Born in 5470 (1710), died in 5540 (1780) of the Hebrew era. Son of Abraham. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-3.

Austrian rabbi born in Galicia in 1733, died in Pressburg on September 21, 1785. As a child, he distinguished himself in Brody by a casuistic homily and a debate with rabbi Isaac Hurwitz, whose…

Danish philanthropist born on November 14, 1786 in Copenhagen, died in that city on November 25, 1856. He left a fortune of approximately one million seven hundred thousand Danish crowns, most of…

German orientalist and biblicist born in Dörrenzimmern, in the principality of Hohenlohe-Œhringen, on October 16, 1752, died in Göttingen on June 27, 1827. Professor of oriental languages in Iéna…

Rabbi of Fès. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-1.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech, active in the sixth century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-1.

Rabbi of Salé, eighteenth century. Mentioned in the year 5488 of the Hebrew era (1728). Son of David. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-1.

Rabbi of Fès. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-1.

Polish writer (1758-1837)

Rabbi of Pinsk, in Russia, active in the second half of the 18th century, author of "Śiaḥ ha-Sadeh", homilies on the Pentateuch following the order of parachiyyot (Sklow, 1786), and its continuation,…

Rabbi of Prague, opponent of Sabbateanism and Frankism, president of the rabbinical court.

German Talmudist born in Berlin on September 24, 1740, died in Hamburg on January 22, 1814. Trained under Tebele Scheuer, rabbi of Bamberg, then at the yeshiva of Schwersenz, he established himself…

Rabbi of Schottland, near Danzig, born in 1713, died on September 27, 1780. Having become rabbi of Fordon in Prussia at eighteen years old, then chief rabbi of Schottland in 1752, he left several…

German rabbi

(approximately 1786-1854?)

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 102-2.

Italian rabbi

Rabbi of Fes. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yaakov. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 22-1.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Reuben. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-1.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 20-4.

Rabbi of Taza, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5545 of the Hebrew era (1785). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-4.

Rabbi of Sefrou. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-2.

Rabbi of Tafilalet. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-3.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-4.

Rabbi of Mogador (Essaouira), active in the sixth century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-3.

Rabbi, eighteenth century. Died in 5466 of the Hebrew era (1706). Son of Saadia. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 21-2.

Kabbalist and grammarian active in London in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, author of about twenty works on kabbalah, including an abridgment of Joseph Delmedigo's « Nobelot Ḥokmah » and…

Polish Talmudic scholar active in Yampol in the eighteenth century. Sent in 1757 by the Jews of Poland to Rome to defend them against the accusation of ritual crime, he presented a petition to Pope…

Turkish rabbi of Smyrna in the 18th century, author of "To'afot Re'em" (Smyrna, 1766), "Agurah be-Oholeka" (Salonika, 1781) and "Yiẓḥaḳ Yerannen" (Salonika, 1785).

Cantor, teacher and Galician translator born in Komarno, died in Amsterdam before 1709. Author of a guide to correspondence in Hebrew (Amsterdam, 1686) and several collections of prayers in…

Polish rabbi and author died in 1715. Having left Poland as a young man, he established himself as rabbi in Fulda, Germany, where he wrote commentaries on the Talmud of Jerusalem: Shekalim…

Leading member of the Spanish-Portuguese congregation of Bevis Marks (London), of which he was warden several times. He published in 1848 the first major history in English of the Jews of Spain and…

English pugilist nicknamed « Dutch Sam », born on April 4, 1775 in London, died on July 3, 1816. Reputed to be the most formidable striker boxing had ever known, he strung together victories for more…

Russian Hebraist born in Ivenets in 1800, died in Minsk in 1847. He translated from Polish into Hebrew the medical work of Friedrich Pauliczki under the title « Marpe le-'Am », accompanied by a…

Grammarian and author, died after 1748. He wrote « Ma'aneh Eliyahou », rules of Hebrew reading (Frankfurt-am-Main, 1704), « Miḳra Ḳodesh », a Hebrew grammar (Berlin, 1713), a commentary on the « Or…

Rabbi of Byelgorai, in Poland, in the eighteenth century, son of Ezekiel, rabbi of Ostrowiec in Galicia, and friend of Ḥayyim Rapoport, rabbi of Lemberg. He wrote « Har ha-Karmel », responsa…

Rabbi and Kabbalist of Oulianov, in Galicia, in the 18th century, contemporary of Jonathan Eybeschütz whose party he took in his quarrel with R. Jacob Emden, which forced him to flee through Italy…

Polish physician, mathematician and Talmudist of the eighteenth century, active in Pinczów, in the government of Kielce. He wrote « Meleket Maḥshebet », a treatise on arithmetic, algebra and geometry…

Palestinian rabbi born in Jerusalem, died in Alexandria on January 7, 1786. Having become rabbi of Rhodes in 1763, he was later offered the chief rabbinate of Alexandria; a prolific author, he…

Chief Rabbi of Tunisia, son of Nathan, author of Migdanot Nathan.

Polish rabbi died in Hebron, Palestine, in 1735. Rabbi of Biała, then, after a stay in Brest-Litovsk, of Eibenschütz in Moravia, he retired to Hebron in his old age. He is the author of "Yad…

Bene Israel poet of the 18th century, born and active in Bombay, under the birth name « Elloji Nagawkar ». Member of the Kalgiwalla caste, authorized to wear a plume in the turban, he improvised…

Rabbi of Meknes, 18th century. Mentioned in 5478 of the Hebrew era (1718). Son of Daniel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 22-3.

Talmudist and Kabbalist from Russia who lived in Strizhov (Strizhovka) in the 18th–19th centuries. Author of several homiletic and Kabbalistic works. He is notably credited with a commentary…

Rabbi of Meknès. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 22-2.

Born in Salé in 1714, Chief Rabbi of Rabat, Marrakech and Salé, died in Rabat in 1761. From a lineage of scholars (father Samuel de Avila, grandfather Moshe; maternal uncle Hayyim ibn Attar, the Or…

Russian rabbi active around the middle of the eighteenth century, author of two works: « Imre Shefer », a collection of sermons (Poryck, 1786), and « Dammeseḳ Eli'ezer », novellae on the Talmud and…

Rabbi of Salé, 18th century. Born in 5471 (1711), died in 5521 (1761) of the Hebrew era. Son of Shmuel II. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 22-2.

Rabbi of Marrakech, 18th century. Mentioned in 5509 of the Hebrew era (1749). Son of Shlomo. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 22-2.

German rabbi

Austrian rabbi

Galician Kabbalist of the eighteenth century, author of two Kabbalistic commentaries: one on the Psalms, « Migdal Dawid », preceded by an introduction titled « Ṭal Orot » (Vienna, 1792), the other on…

Bulgarian rabbi

1794-1868, Polish-German private tutor, Jewish scholar and book collector, gave his name to the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana in Amsterdam

Rabbi, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 22-2.

Rabbi of Meknès, 18th century. Died in 5466 of the Hebrew era (1706). Son of Moshe. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 22-3.

(1794-1849)

Talmudist, Kabbalist, grammarian and Lithuanian mathematician, born in Wilna on April 23, 1720, died in that same city on October 9, 1797. Child prodigy trained in the Talmud from the age of seven,…

Galician Hasidic master, author of the Noam Elimelekh, a foundational work of the doctrine of the tzaddik. He was one of the principal disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch.

Russian rabbi who died in Grodno on July 1, 1749, rabbi and head of the yeshiva of Lutsk, in Volhynia. He is the author of the « Ḳab we-Naḳi », a brief commentary on the Mishna (Amsterdam, 1697), and…

Rabbi of Meknès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Yosef, himself son of Yekutiel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 23-1.

Judge and halakhic authority of the Maghreb from 1770, nicknamed « Light of Israel ».

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Influential reformer of the London community, born in Portsea, England, on January 9, 1783, died in London in January 1848. Emigrated at twenty-one to Barbados as a watchmaker, he became a merchant…

German rabbi born in 1772, died on July 4, 1839 in Bingen-on-the-Rhine. Rabbi of Mayence in 1808 with his brother Löb, he directed from 1809 to 1821 the talmudic school of Hamburg, then was rabbi of…

Physician and neo-Hebrew poet. Born in Salonika toward the end of the 17th century, died before 1772. While still young, he goes to Livorno with his father, the scholar Raphael Calvo, and receives…

American rabbi and lexicographer

German physician and traveler born in Emrich, near Cleves, between 1770 and 1780, graduated from Frankfurt an der Oder in 1800. He lived in England from 1804 to 1816, then settled in Hamburg, before…

From a Sephardic family of Portuguese origin (Bayonne then Bordeaux), grandson of Jacob Rodrigues Pereire, he was an adherent of Saint-Simonism and wrote regularly in Le Globe and Le National in the…

Chief Rabbi of France

businessman and politician in South Australia (1800–1873)

Dayyan of Prague in the second half of the eighteenth century, author of "Shishshah Zir'one 'Arugah", six discussions on ritual laws, one of them with Ezekiel Landau on the law of ḥalitsa (Prague,…

German Talmudist and rabbi of Schnaittach, active in the early eighteenth century. Trained by his father and by rabbi Abraham Broda, his writings were published with those of his father and…

Mathematician and liturgical poet, born in Metz in 1750, died in Bayonne on April 9, 1839. Destined for the rabbinate, he left Metz against his father's wishes for Germany, where he was the tutor of…

Rabbi and preacher of the Hassidim of Ukraine, born in Medzhybij, Podolia, around 1750, died in Sudylkiv, Volhynia, around 1799, grandson of the Baal Chem Tov and twin brother of Barukh of Tulchyn.…

Galician rabbi from Brody

Protestant theologian and classical philologist born on August 4, 1707 in Tennstädt, in Thuringia, died in 1781 in Leipzig, where he was professor of classical literature, rhetoric and theology.…

Banker and Italian deputy born on December 8, 1791, died in Venice on December 25, 1860, father of Jacques Errera. His family, according to tradition, descended from the Herrera expelled from Spain…

Bernhard Eskeles was an Austrian financier, born in Vienna in 1753 and died in Hietzing, near Vienna, on August 7, 1839. Returning from Amsterdam, he married in 1774 a daughter of Daniel Itzig and…

Benjamin Espinosa was an Italian Hebraist of the 18th century, member of the rabbinical college of Livorno. He published in Livorno in 1762 the ritual "Peri Etz Hadar", then in 1766 the didactic…

Female convict transported to New South Wales

Isaac Seckel ben Menahem Etthausen was a German rabbi who served in various cities in Germany for fifty-five years, in the first half of the eighteenth century. He is the author of « Or Ne'elam », a…

Jacob Ettlinger was a German rabbi and author, one of the leading figures of modern Orthodoxy, born in Carlsruhe on March 17, 1798 and died in Altona on December 7, 1871. Appointed « Kreisrabbiner »…

Isaac Abraham Euchel was a Hebrew author, born in Copenhagen in 1758 and died in Berlin on 14 June 1804. Trained at the University of Königsberg under Emmanuel Kant, he learned his Hebrew style from…

French woman of letters

Johann Ludwig Ewald was a German pedagogue and theologian, defender of Jews, born in Hain-zur-Dreieich, in the grand duchy of Hesse, on September 16, 1747, and died in Carlsruhe on March 19, 1822.…

Rabbi and author

Ezekiel Feiwel ben Zeev Wolf was a Russian Talmudist and preacher, born in Polangen in 1755 and died in Wilna in 1833. After preaching in his native city, then in Deretschin, and traveling in Germany…

Chief Rabbi of Prague, major decisioner, author of the Noda BiYehuda responsa.

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Rabbi of Fès. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 102-1.

Baruch ben Salomon Faïtoussi was a preacher in Tunis towards the end of the 18th century, inclined towards mystical and Kabbalistic studies. His "Mekor Baruk", a collection of sermons on the weekly…

Ḥayyim Mu'allim Farḥi was minister to the pashas of Damascus and Acre; born in Damascus in the middle of the 18th century, he was assassinated in 1820 after having governed part of the Ottoman empire…

Hungarian Jewish community leader

Polish poet and grammarian born in Przedborz around 1760, died in Tarnopol, Galicia, in 1817. Successively preacher, corrector, hazan and teacher from 1780, ardent admirer of Elijah of Vilna, he…

Austrian rabbi born in 1784, died at Strassnitz, in Moravia, on 3 March 1869. He served successively in Piesling, Pirnitz, Kanitz, Grand Meseritz, and Holleschau, where he was regarded as one of the…

French officer born in 1789 and died in 1855, trained in the Talmud before joining Mainz in 1806 and being admitted to the École polytechnique. He entered the military, became artillery captain in…

Rabbi of Dubrovno, in the government of Mohilev, in Russia, at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; he marries a daughter of Elijah of Vilna. He is the author of the "Minḥat…

German jurist, son of the chief rabbi of Bamberg, born in Bamberg on October 9, 1798, and died in Fürth on August 19, 1872. Trained in the Talmud, he studied at the University of Würzburg from 1818…

Rabbi of Ancona, in Italy, died in 1721, father-in-law (or, according to Steinschneider, son-in-law) of Samson Morpurgo, rabbi of the same city. He is the author of the "Widdui", prayers of penitence…

English scholar died in London in 1701, one of the first Jews, after the Return, to devote himself to the study of rabbinical literature. He is the author of notes on the commentary of Isaac…

Rabbi of Rif, 18th century. Mentioned in 5478 of the Hebrew era (1718). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 104-1.

Italian poet born in Monte San Savino, Tuscany, on March 4, 1743, died in Florence on February 4, 1815. Imprisoned during the reaction of 1799, he subsequently lived in poverty in Siena and Florence…

German miniaturist painter born in Cassel on February 20, 1796, died in Dresden on June 22, 1847, son of merchant David Alexander Fiorino of Göttingen. Trained by a porcelain painter and then at the…

Russian Karaite archaeologist born in Lutsk, in Volhynia, 27 September 1786, died in Chufut-Kale, in Crimea, 7 June 1874. Hazzan of his native city from 1818, he undertook from 1830 numerous trips —…

German rabbi active in the eighteenth century, author of the « Imrah Ẓerufah », a collection of novellae on several tractates of the Talmud as well as on the work of Maimonides, published in Berlin…

Austrian Talmudist died in Prague on December 16, 1769, descended from a prestigious family tracing back to R. Löw ben Bezalel, the "hohe Rabbi Löw" of Prague. One of the greatest Talmudists of his…

Christian censor of Hebrew books in Prague, born in Lichtenstadt, in Bohemia, on 5 July 1755, died in Prague on 22 January 1844. Assistant to the imperial censor Leopold Tirsch from 1781 and then his…

Austrian Hebraist born in Vienna in 1783, died in Prague on May 22, 1853, son of Moses Fischer, rabbi of the Jewish community of Vienna. He publishes in Hebrew a work on the history of the Jews under…

Austrian rabbi born in Prague around 1756, died in Eisenstadt, Hungary, around 1833, son of the wealthy talmudist Meïr Fischer and father of Marcus Fischer. Beyond the Talmud, he studied philosophy…

Hungarian porcelain manufacturer born in Totis, Hungary, in 1800 and died in the same city on 25 February 1900. Starting in 1839, he develops the small Herend manufactory, near Veszprém, which he…

Physician and chemist born 15 January 1782 at Groß Meseritz, in Moravia, died 19 August 1850 in Breslau. Trained at the universities of Vienna, Prague, Breslau, and Berlin, he obtained his doctorate…

German actor born in Breslau in 1757, died in Berlin on 20 December 1801. He made his debut in 1777 in Leipzig, where he remained until 1779, then went to Hamburg before joining Berlin; one of the…

Rabbi and Austrian author born in Prague on August 26, 1754, died in the same city on April 27, 1826, student of Moses Cohen Rofé, Meïr Fischels and Ezéchiel Landau. Rabbi of Kojetein, in Moravia, at…

Rabbi of Salonika in the eighteenth century, nephew of Ḥayyim Samuel Florentin. He is the author of "Bet ha-Ro'eh", a collection of ritual laws of daily life with index and notes on the Yad…

French woman of letters born Rodrigues in Bordeaux in 1795, died in Paris in 1853, renowned for her beauty. Under the pseudonym "Maria Fitz Clarence", she collaborated with numerous Parisian…

French statesman and financier born in Paris on 17 November 1800, died in Tarbes on 5 October 1867. Son of a wealthy banker, he is elected deputy for Tarbes in 1847, then, after the 1848 revolution,…

French politician born in Paris on 21 November 1792, died in the same city on 28 July 1858. Appointed judge at the commercial court in 1827, he is elected deputy for Saint-Quentin in 1834, reelected…

Jew of Spanish origin who came to settle in Bordeaux, probably from London, around 1760. He is the author of several works, including « Choix de Poésies Fugitives » (Paris, 1783) and the « Histoire…

Born in London in a Sephardic (Spanish-Portuguese) Jewish family. Emigrated to South Carolina (1773) on lands purchased by the Salvador and Da Costa families. First practicing Jew elected to public…

German preacher and religious teacher born in Breslau on 15 December 1788, died in the same city on 1 July 1849, doctor of philosophy from Leipzig in 1817. After directing an elementary Jewish school…

Hungarian scholar born in Pressburg around 1777, died in the same city on the second day of Shavuot 1845, shohet and teacher in his native city for more than forty years. He notably published «…

Head of the Jewish community of Prague for two decades from May 20, 1724, a steadfast defender of his oppressed coreligionists, died on June 9, 1745. Rich by inheritance, he founded an orphanage and…

Court Jew (1703-12) of the margrave Wilhelm-Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach, died in 1720 in the State prison of Wülzburg, near Weissenburg. His family was among those exiled from Vienna in 1670;…

Chief Rabbi of the margraviate of Ansbach, residing in Schwabach (1709–13), died in prison in 1723. Brother of Elkan Fränkel, he was accused alongside him of possessing blasphemous and superstitious…

German banker and philanthropist, son of Joel Wolf and grandson of David Fränkel, author of the « Ḳorban 'Edah », born in Breslau at the end of the 18th century, died in the same city on January 27,…

German rabbi, father of David Fränkel, born in Berlin on June 30, 1739, died in Dessau on February 20, 1812. Settled in Dessau in 1787 as rabbi, he also served as "Messrabbiner" in Leipzig during the…

German physician born in Bonn on 11 November 1795, died in Elberfeld on 5 March 1851. Officer in the Middle Rhine army, he took an active part in the campaigns of 1812 to 1815, first alongside…

Dutch rabbinical scholar, father of Moïse Frankfurter, born in Schwerin, Germany, died in Amsterdam on 9 December 1712. He is the author of a two-part work on the rites and prayers for the sick and…

King of Prussia, born in 1712, he reigned from 1740 until his death in 1786. Unfavorable to the Jews despite granting a « Schutzjude » status to Moses Mendelssohn in October 1763, he promulgated in…

Daughter of Rabbi Abraham Adiba (settled in Tunis in the first half of the 18th century); presented by Toledano as one of the very few Hebrew-language poetesses in all the history of North Africa.

Richard Brothers is an English visionary, founder of Anglo-Israelism, born December 25, 1757 in Placentia, Newfoundland, and died in London on January 25, 1824. Entered the British navy in 1771, he…