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Joseph Shalit Riqueti
Joseph Shalit ben Eliezer Riqueti (Richetti) was a Jewish-Italian scholar born at Safed, and who lived in the second half of the 17th century at Verona, where he directed a Talmudical school. He was the author of ''Ḥokmat ha-Mishkan'' or ''Iggeret Meleket ha-Mishkan'' (Mantua, 1676), on the construction of the First Temple. He also published a map of Palestine (region), Palestine which Leopold Zunz, Zunz supposes to have been prepared as one of the illustrations of a Passover Haggadah. Besides his own works Joseph edited ''Ḥibbur Ma'asiyyot'' (Venice, 1646), a collection of moral tales, and Gershon ben Asher's ''Yiḥus ha-Ẓaddiḳim,'' to which he added notes of his own (Mantua, 1676). He is possibly the earliest author to mention the ''Midrash ha-Gadol'', although it is not clear whether he was referring to the Yemenite work currently known by that title. Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography *Graziadio Nepi-Mordecai Ghirondi, ''Toledot Gedole Yisrael'', p. 213; *Leopold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Italian Jews ( it, Ebrei Italiani, he, יהודים איטלקים ''Yehudim Italkim'') or Roman Jews ( it, Ebrei Romani, he, יהודים רומים ''Yehudim Romim'') can be used in a broad sense to mean all Jews living in or with roots in Italy, or, in a narrower sense, to mean the Italkim, an ancient community living in Italy since the Ancient Roman era, who use the Italian liturgy (or “Italian Rite”) as distinct from those Jewish communities in Italy dating from medieval or modern times who use the Sephardic liturgy, the Italian Nusach or the Nusach Ashkenaz. Divisions Italian Jews historically fall into four categories. #Italkim, Jews of the “Italian Rite” who have resided in Italy since Roman times; see below. #Sephardi Jews, in particular Spanish and Portuguese Jews, i.e., Jews who arrived in Italy following their expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula. The Kingdom of Spain expelled Jews with the 1492 Alhambra Decree and the persecution of Jews and Muslims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |