XVIIIth century CE

Rabbi of Fez, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5497 of the Hebrew era (1737). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-1.

Rabbi, 18th century. Mentioned in 5548 of the Hebrew era (1788). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-1.

Rabbi of Salé, eighteenth century. Died in 5477 of the Hebrew era (1717). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-4.

Rabbi of Mazagan (El Jadida). Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86–3.

Rabbi of Rabat, 18th century. Mentioned in 5521 of the Hebrew era (1761). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-3.

Rabbi of Salé, 18th century. Mentioned in 5534 of the Hebrew era (1774). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi of Tetouan, 18th century. Mentioned in 5486 of the Hebrew calendar (1726). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi of Rabat, active in the sixth century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Shlomo. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 87-3.

Rabbi of Tangier. Period not specified by the source. Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 87–2.

Rabbi of Meknès. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-1.

Rabbi of Tangier. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 87-2.

Rabbi of Meknès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Yosef I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-1.

Rabbi of Fès, eighteenth century. Died in 5527 of the Hebrew era (1767). Son of Hasday, himself son of Abraham. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-4.

Rabbi of Marrakech, 18th century. Mentioned in 5547 of the Hebrew era (1787). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi of Meknès, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5472 of the Hebrew era (1712). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-4.

Rabbi of Draa Valley. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-4.

Rabbi of Mogador (Essaouira), 18th century. Mentioned in 5548 of the Hebrew era (1788). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Son of Messod. Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi of Meknès. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Physician and honorary rabbi of Corfu, born in 1744, died in 1823, trained in Venice and Padua. Appointed in 1814 chief physician of the island of Corfu, esteemed by the government and the population…

Austrian writer

British-born American rabbi

Austrian pianist, born in Prague on May 30, 1794, died in Leipzig on March 10, 1870. Trained by Dionys Weber at the Prague Conservatory, he plays in public in 1808 a concerto of his composition, then…

Hungarian rabbi

Writer of the Portuguese community of Amsterdam in the early 18th century. He composed a Hebrew poem placed at the head of the edition of the Pentateuch and Haftarot published by S. Rodrigues Mendes…

Karaite scholar of the first half of the 18th century, called « ha-'Anaw » (the modest) and « he-Ḥasid » (the pious), father of Simḥa Isaac, author of the « Oraḥ Ẓaddiḳim ». He composed the « Torat…

President of the rabbinic court of Meknes; his piyyutim (liturgical poems) appear in the mahzorim of North Africa, and he left halakhic decisions.

Son of Daniel Cohen d'Azevedo, born in Amsterdam c. 1720. In 1761 he succeeded his father-in-law Moses Gomez da Mesquitta as Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of London (Bevis Marks).…

Chief Rabbi of Cairo and Alexandria

Hungarian rabbi

English poet and librettist from a Sephardic Jewish family of London. Grandson of physician Fernando Mendes, physician to Queen Catherine of Braganza. Author of successful plays (ballad operas)…

Partner broker at Mocatta & Goldsmid (precious metals brokers to the Bank of England); his sister Rachel was the mother of Sir Moses Montefiore. During the 1841 schism he left Bevis Marks and helped…

journalist

German rabbi probably born in Glogau and died in Ansbach in Bavaria in 1780, Aaron ben Moses Mosessohn was elected rabbi of Berlin in 1763 after holding this position in Dessau, and Moses Mendelssohn…

Rabbi of Tétouan, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5558 of the Hebrew era (1798). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-2.

Rabbi of Salé, 18th century. Died in 5466 of the Hebrew calendar (1706). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-2.

Rabbi of Tafilalet. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-2.

Rabbi of Bagris. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-4.

Rabbi, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5499 of the Hebrew era (1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-1.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-3.

Rabbi, 18th century. Mentioned in 5513 of the Hebrew era (1753). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 93-3.

Rabbi of Fez. Period not specified by the source. Son of Abraham. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 93-4.

Rabbi of Salé. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yehuda. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-1.

Rabbi of Agadir, 18th century. Mentioned in 5495 of the Hebrew era (1735). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Fès, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5485 of the Hebrew era (1725). Son of Ayush. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-4.

Rabbi of Meknès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Yosef, himself son of Daniel. Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-2.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-4.

Rabbi of Marrakech, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5495 of the Hebrew era (1735). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 93-2.

Rabbi of Sefrou, 18th century. Died in 5510 of the Hebrew era (1750). Son of Yehoshua, himself son of Moshe. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 91-2.

Rabbi of Sefrou, eighteenth century. Died in 5467 of the Hebrew era (1707). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-4.

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Son of Mussa. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-3.

Rabbi of Agadir, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5495 of the Hebrew era (1735). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-4.

Rabbi of Demnate. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-3.

Rabbi of Fez, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-4.

Rabbi, eighteenth century. Died in 5491 of the Hebrew era (1731). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-3.

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. 94-4.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 18th century. Mentioned in 5518 of the Hebrew era (1758). Son of Eliahu, himself son of Yosef, himself son of Haim. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-1.

Son of David Biderman and son-in-law of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz (the Yid ha-Kadosh of Przysucha). He led the dynasty and settled in Jerusalem toward the end of his life (1851), opening the…

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 91-2.

Rabbi of Fès, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5520 of the Hebrew era (1760). Son of Aharon. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-4.

Rabbi of Fez, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5474 of the Hebrew Era (1714). Son of Nehemia II. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-2.

Rabbi of Marrakech, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5547 of the Hebrew era (1787). Son of Abraham. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-3.

Rabbi of Tétouan, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-4.

rabbi (-1830)

Rabbi of Marrakech, 18th century. Died in 5465 of the Hebrew era (1705). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-1.

Rabbi of Fès, 18th century. Mentioned in 5539 of the Hebrew era (1779). Son of Shmuel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-1.

Rabbi of Agadir, 18th century. Mentioned in 5495 of the Hebrew era (1735). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-4.

Rabbi of Tangier, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-4.

Rabbi of Meknès, 18th century. Died in 5553 of the Hebrew era (1793). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 90-2.

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-4.

Rabbi of Tétouan. Period not specified by the source. Son of David. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-4.

Rabbi of Meknès, 18th century. Died in 5497 of the Hebrew era (1737). Son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-3.

Rabbi of Meknès. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 94-2.

Rabbi of Meknes, 18th century. Died in 5546 of the Hebrew era (1786). Son of Abraham. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Marrakech, 18th century. Born in 5554 of the Hebrew era (1794). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-3.

Rabbi of Fès, 18th century. Died in 5535 of the Hebrew era (1775). Son of Abraham. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-4.

Rabbi, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Yaakov, himself son of Moshe I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-4.

Rabbi of Salé, 18th century. Died in 5485 of the Hebrew era (1725). Son of Shlomo. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-3.

Rabbi of Meknès, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 90-4.

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-3.

Rabbi, 18th century. Mentioned in 5560 of the Hebrew era (1800). Son of Yitshak II. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-2.

Polish rabbi

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-1.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 18th century. Mentioned in 5548 of the Hebrew era (1788). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-1.

Rabbi of Mogador (Essaouira), eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5548 of the Hebrew era (1788). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-1.

Rabbi of Fès, 18th century. Mentioned in 5492 of the Hebrew era (1732). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-1.

Rabbi of Meknès, eighteenth century. Died in 5523 of the Hebrew era (1763). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 93-4.

Rabbi of Rabat, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-4.

Rabbi of Tétouan. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 97-1.

Rabbi of Fès, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5530 of the Hebrew era (1770). Son of Menahem. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 92-4.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-1.

Rabbi of Tangier, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-3.

Rabbi of Sefrou, 18th century. Mentioned in 5482 of the Hebrew era (1722). Son of Yosef. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Rabat, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Sefrou. Period not specified by the source. Son of Messod. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Rabat. Period not specified by source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Sefrou. Era not specified by the source. Son of Yosef. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 90-3.

Rabbi of Marrakech. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-3.

Rabbi of Meknes, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5558 of the Hebrew era (1798). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Rabbi of Debdou, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-3.

Hungarian rabbi

Rabbi of Meknès, 18th century. Died in 5535 of the Hebrew era (1775). Son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-2.

Rabbi, eighteenth century. Born in 5484 (1724), died in 5533 (1773) of the Hebrew era. Son of Daniel. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-1.

Rabbi, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5499 of the Hebrew era (1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-3.

Rabbi of Marrakech, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-4.

Disciple of R. Shmelke of Nikolsburg, the Maguid of Mezritch, and R. Elimelekh of Lizhensk, he was the first rebbe of Sassov and founder of the dynasty. A paradigmatic figure of "ahavat Israël" (love…

chief Rabbi of Israel

First Rebbe of the Hassidic dynasty of Savran, son of Rabbi Shimon Shlomo (I), maggid of Savran and disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch. Disciple of his father, of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev…

Chief Rabbi of Beghris in the Tafilalet, renowned for his erudition and vast library throughout the region. His legal decisions (pesakim) are preserved in the collection Shophriya di-Ya'aqob.

Turkish rabbinic author, died around 1800 in Jerusalem, where he had settled from Salonike. He is the author of « Be'er Mayim Ḥayyim », a collection of responsa in two volumes (Salonike, 1764 and…

Polish Rabbi (1776-1851)

Pioneer of South Carolina, born in the Spanish Antilles on January 5, 1761, died on May 15, 1821, whose family had fled to the New World to escape Spanish persecution. Formed in Charleston, where he…

American physician, son of Emanuel de la Motta, born around 1789, died in Charleston (South Carolina) on February 13, 1845. Member of the Medical Society of South Carolina in 1810, surgeon of the…

German philanthropist, born in Berlin on April 7, 1781, died in Breslau on June 12, 1847. Established in 1806 as a tutor and then merchant in Plesse (Prussian Silesia), he actively campaigned for the…

Dutch pedagogue, born in Amsterdam on June 20, 1792, died in the same city on December 29, 1862. Sabbath teacher from 1812, sworn translator in 1817, inspector of religious schools in 1835 then…

French rabbi, presumed descendant of Löwe ben Bezalel, born in 1760 in Mutzig, died in May 1842 in Rixheim. Principal of the Talmudic school of Strasbourg after his studies at the famous yeshivah of…

Hungarian rabbi, born around 1750 in Podolia, died in 1831 in Alt-Ofen. Renowned as a Talmudist after several years in Brody, he was called in 1790, on the recommendation of Ezekiel Landau, to the…

Rabbi of Sefrou. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yeshua. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 81-1.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Son of Shlomo. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 81-1.

Talmudist, born in Jerusalem in 1760, died in Split (Dalmatia) on June 10, 1837. Trained under David Pardo of Sarajevo, he became very young rabbi of the Split congregation, a post he held until his…

Great-great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov (founder of Hasidism) and grandson of Nachman of Horodenka, he founded the Hasidic movement of Breslov. His teachings were recorded by his principal…

German scholar

Disciple of Elimelech of Lizhensk, Menachem Mendel of Rymanov and the Seer of Lublin, he was the first rebbe of Ropshitz and a central figure in Galician Hasidism, renowned for his wisdom, wit and…

First rebbe of Ropshitz, founder of a Galician Hasidic dynasty.

Frankist, rabbi of Busk (Galicia), active in the first part of the 18th century. He was among the Frankist delegates to the disputation with representatives of Judaism organized on July 16, 1759 by…

Naḥman b. Simḥa of Bratzlav is the founder of the Hasidic sect of the « Bratzlaver Hasidim », born in Międzybóż, Podolia, on October 9, 1770, and died in Ouman in 1811. After a youth of rigorous…

Rabbi of Fès. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-3.

Rabbi of Fez, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Matitiah I. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-3.

Italian Talmudist, active in the second half of the eighteenth century, student of Ephraim Cohen of Ostrog, rabbi of Modena, of Abi'ad Sar-Shalom Basilea, rabbi of Mantua, and, in Kabbalah, of…

Talmudist and rabbi of Larissa in the eighteenth century, father-in-law of Isaac ibn Shangi, author of the "Be'er Yitzḥaḳ", and student of Ḥayyim Aboulafia. He is the author of the "Eshel…

Rabbi active from the second half of the 17th century to the first half of the 18th, born around 1660, died around 1746, student of R. Jacob Striemer. Chief rabbi of Adrianople where he directed a…

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-2.

Hasidic master of the late eighteenth century, disciple of Baer of Meseritz who sent him to Galicia to spread the teachings of Hasidism. In 1772, at the death of Baer of Meseritz and facing the…

Rabbi of Dubno, in Russia, in the eighteenth century. His responsa relating to the Cleves divorce case appear in the collection of Israël Lipschütz « Or Israel », published in 1770, which also…

Rabbi and German philosopher of the eighteenth century. After serving for some time as dayan in Halberstadt, he settled in Amsterdam where he devoted himself to the study of philosophy, publishing in…

Emperor of the French, born in Ajaccio, in Corsica, on August 15, 1769, died on Saint Helena in 1821. His policy toward the Jews oscillated between mistrust and openness: after judging their strong…

1805-1870

Rabbi of Fès. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-4.

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 99-1.

Hakham and kabbalist, one of the leaders of the Tripoli community for half a century.

German rabbi

Ukrainian rabbi

English theater and music impresario, known under the name Baron Nathan, born in 1793 and died in London in 1856. Dance professor from 1844 until his death, he was for many years master of ceremonies…

English musician and composer born in Canterbury in 1792, died in Sydney on January 15, 1864. Intended for the religious ministry, he turned to music and was a student of Dominico Corri; after…

German biblical exegete and theologian, born in Dessau July 8, 1751, died in the same city September 6, 1784. He composed a commentary on the Book of Job, « Pesher Dabar », published in Berlin in…

Russian scholar born in Vilna in 1793, died in Telsiai, in the governorate of Kovno, on June 10, 1868, son-in-law of Joshua Zeitels. He devoted himself to the study of ancient Hebrew literature,…

Rabbi of Mainz and Offenbach at the end of the eighteenth century, grandson of Jonah Te'omim, author of the « Kikayon de-Yonah ». He wrote the « Nahalat Ya'akov », a commentary on the minor tractates…

German Church historian, born in Göttingen on January 17, 1789, died in Berlin on July 14, 1850. Born David Mendel and related through his mother to Moses Mendelssohn, he embraced Christianity at…

Rabbi of Fès. Period not specified by the source. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-3.

Rabbi of Tétouan, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-4.

Rabbi of Fès. Time period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-3.

Rabbi of Fès, eighteenth century. Mentioned in 5560 of the Hebrew era (1800). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-3.

Rabbi of Vallée du Draa. Period not specified by the source. Son of Israel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 98-4.

Czech rabbi (1779–1842)

Rabbi and poet of Algiers, author of commentaries on piyyutim (Hokhmat Misken, Livorno 1772).

Born in Tripoli where his father Yitshaq was a martyr, raised by R. Yitshaq Lumbroso. Commentator of many talmudic treatises and decisionist; several of his works were destroyed during the Algerian…

Hebraist author born in Witzenhausen, Germany, he lived in Amsterdam in the early eighteenth century and belonged to the family of R. Moses Isserlès. Reputed Talmudist and cabalist, he published in…

Rabbi of Fes. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-4.

German orientalist and historian, born in Reichmansdorf, near Bamberg, on December 22, 1798, died in Berlin on March 17, 1870, born under the name Bamberger. After studying at Heidelberg, Munich and…

Hungarian poet born in Bán, Hungary, in 1769, died in Budapest on November 29, 1831, son of a poor cantor who died prematurely. After a difficult journey — student at Boskovice then Prague, tutor at…

German Talmudist, father of Tsevi Ashkenazi, died in Hamburg on November 28, 1706. Meshoulam Zalman was one of the most respected members of the Vienna ghetto; expelled from that city with his…

English schoolmaster born in Posen in 1787, died at Kew, near London, in April 1875. After teaching at Göttingen, he settled in England around 1816 and became headmaster of a boarding school at…

Russian writer born in Letichev, Volhynia, in the second half of the eighteenth century, died in Saint Petersburg in 1831. Friend and protégé of Abram Peretz, he turned to literature after beginnings…

German Hebraist born in Posen, in Prussian Poland, in 1788, died in Williamsburg, in the State of New York, on February 20, 1871. Trained in Posen, he left in 1814 for England, where he was appointed…

Hakham of the Portuguese congregation Sha'are Shamayim, at Bevis Marks, London, born in 1702, died in London in 1774, son of David Nieto. Appointed « hakham ha-shalem » in 1733, he abandoned his post…

Rabbi. Period not specified by the source. Son of Yaakov, himself son of Nissim. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-4.

Rabbi of Fès. Period not specified by the source. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-4.

Ḥayyim ben Elijah Nissim is a Turkish rabbi probably active in the second half of the eighteenth century, author of Maẓa Ḥayyim, homilies and commentaries on the Pentateuch, published with additions…

American politician, journalist, dramatist and philanthropist, born in Philadelphia on July 19, 1785, died in New York on March 22, 1851, of Portuguese Jewish origin. Orphaned at an early age, he…

Military contractor and Russian financier, born in Shklov around the middle of the eighteenth century, died in Saint Petersburg in 1804. Well regarded by Potemkin, he maintained relations with…

Rabbi and Italian poet of Verona, in the eighteenth century, grandson of Hizkiya Mordekhaï Basan. His three responsa were published as an appendix to his grandfather's work in Mantua in 1744, and he…

Spanish poetess born in London, mother of Mordekhaï Nunes Almeyda, protector of the poet Daniel Israël Lopez Laguna. With her two talented daughters, Benvenida Cohen Belmonte and Sara de Fonseca Pina…

Marrano physician of the 18th century, born in Lisbon in a distinguished family, he was denounced to the Inquisition despite his status as court physician and imprisoned with his family before being…

Rabbi of Livorno, Italy, died before 1788, a follower of the Kabbalah and respected for his learning and piety. He published « Siaḥ Yitzhak » in Livorno in 1766, novellae on the treatise Yoma with…

Biurist and one of the Me'assefim, born in 1764, died in Vienna on November 6, 1805. He contributed to the « Meassef » with numerous fables, translated into German the books of Joshua and Judges with…

Born in Metz in 1782, died in Paris in 1862; French Jewish mathematician, admitted to the École polytechnique in 1801 (only the second Jew to study there). He co-founded in 1842, with…

Born Olry Hayem Worms, banker established in Paris in 1790, he participated in the founding of the Caisse des comptes courants (1796) and acquired the château of Romilly-sur-Seine (1797), taking the…

German Orientalist born in Hohenfelde on May 9, 1800, died in Berlin on December 22, 1882, trained at the universities of Kiel, Berlin and Paris (doctorate in 1823). Professor of Oriental languages…

German rabbi born in Mannheim, died in Hanover on November 2, 1786, son of Löb Oppenheim. Long a prebendary at the Klaus of Mannheim, he was called to the same position in Amsterdam and then in…

Dayyan in Pest, he is born in Kromau, Moravia, in 1753, and dies on January 24, 1851. After studies in Prague, he publishes there in 1789 the « Ammud ha-Shaḥar », plagiarism of a manual by Baruch…

German Ab bet din, born around 1743 in Prague, died in 1822 in Hamburg. Dayyan in Hamburg from 1783 to 1814, he became in January 1814 president of the city's rabbinate, then occupied and pillaged by…

Hungarian physician, born in Alt-Ofen in 1756, died in Vienna on December 14, 1831. Authorized to practice after the emperor Joseph II's edict of tolerance in 1781, he obtained his medical degree in…

German author, born in 1784, died on May 22, 1858 in Fürth. Precocious reader and self-taught scholar, he translates and annotates the books of Job, Isaiah and Jeremiah, edits philosophical works by…

German rabbi, born in Weimarsschmieden in 1798, died in Hochstädt in August 1878, son of cantor Naphtali Ottensoser. First a peddler, he became a teacher in Scheinfeld, then moreh tsedek in Aub in…

German rabbi, born in Glogau in 1780, died in Berlin on November 7, 1860. A student of Hirsch Samose, he acquires vast knowledge of rabbinical literature and is called in 1820 to Berlin as assistant…

Italian rabbi, born in Acqui in 1776, died in 1851, brother of Israël Emanuel Ottolenghi. Upon the entry of the French army in 1796, after the battle of Montenotte, he delivered a speech on the tree…

Italian rabbi of the Kabbalistic school, active in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, born in Casale-Monferrato and died on 25 Iyar 1718. Chief rabbi of Padua then of Venice, he published «…

French jurist, born in Metz in July 1794, died in Paris on March 3, 1867. First Jew received as doctor of law in Strasbourg (December 1815), he is admitted to the Metz bar then obtains, in 1816 and…

Rabbi, active in the 6th century of the Hebrew era (1740–1839). Son of Yaakov II. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 101-4.

Polish rabbi, died in Zolkiev in May 1710, great-great-grandson of Salomon Louria. Rabbi of Clementow, he is the author of the "Eben 'Ozer 'al Yad" on the Yoreh De'ah, the Oraḥ Ḥayyim and the Eben…

Italian talmudist of the eighteenth century, born in Modena, died in Padua in 1830. Rabbi in his native city, then co-rabbi of Mantua with Jacob Cases, he finally became rabbi of Padua, where he…

Italian Hebraist, born in Siena on May 4, 1789, died in Florence on June 7, 1867. Trained in Hebrew by Leon Vita Monseles, he opened an educational establishment based on a rational method, then…

Turkish rabbi and author, born in Smyrna in 1788, died in the same city in 1869, maternal grandson of Joseph b. Ḥayyim Hazan. After presiding over the rabbinical court of his city, he was appointed…