Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
GHIRONDI, MORDECAI SAMUEL BEN BENZION ARYEH — (1799–1852), Italian scholar and biographer. Ghirondi was a descendant of a rabbinic family. His grandmother Mazal Tov Benvenida Ghirondi (c. 1760), wife of Mordecai, rabbi of Cittadella, was famous for her Jewish learning and educated many… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Mordecai Ghirondi — Mordecai Samuel ben Benzion Aryeh Ghirondi (born in Padua October 1799; died there January 4, 1852) was an Italian Jewish author and chief rabbi of Padua. Ghirondi studied at the rabbinical college of Padua, in which he was appointed professor of … Wikipedia
PADUA — PADUA, capital of Padua province, N. Italy. In documents dated 1134 and 1182 two or three persons with the surname Judaeus are mentioned, although some scholarly opinion holds that they were not Jews. In 1289 the physician Jacob Bonacosa, a Jew,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NEPPI, HANANEL — (Grazziadio; 1759–1863), Italian rabbi and physician. Neppi was born in Ferrara and studied under Jacob Moses ayash and Solomon Lampronti. He was a rabbi in Ferrara, and represented his community at the assembly of jewish notables called by… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Meshulach — Old Yishuv Jewish life in the Land of Israel before Moder … Wikipedia
ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GALANTE — GALANTE, family of Spanish origin which produced a large number of scholars. An ancestor of the family was MORDECAI GALANTE, who was among the Spanish exiles of 1492 and lived in Rome during the first half of the 16th century, dying there after… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Isaac Lampronti — (February 3 1679 ndash; November 16 1756), was an Italian rabbi and physician, best known as author of the rabbinic encyclopedia Paħad Yitzħak .Lampronti was born at Ferrara. His great grandfather, Samuel Lampronti, had emigrated from… … Wikipedia
FOA — (generally Foà in Italy), Italian family well known from the 15th century; in the 18th century it became established also in Amsterdam, Constantinople, and France, where the forms Foi or Foy were adopted in due course. The origin of the name is… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GENEALOGY — In the Bible Genealogical lists in the Bible are of two main types: (1) those which are simply lists of historical, ethnographic, and even legendary traditions, and which constitute most of the lists in Genesis that are called generations or… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
