Benjamin Pontremoli (

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, 18th century –

, 19th century) was a Turkish

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and

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, member of the Pontremoli dynasty.

Biography

Benjamin Pontremoli was an important rabbi of the Turkish Jewish community in the 19th century. He was an excellent author, among his most famous works is "Shebeṭ Binyamin" (Salonica, 1824) describing the laws of finances and financial documents. He was descended from a branch of an important family of rabbis of Italian origin who immigrated from Casale Monferrato in the seventeenth century. From the Italian branch important rabbis were born such as Rav.Eliseo Graziadio Pontremoli (Great Rabbi of Nice), Rav.Gabriel Pontremoli (Chief Rabbi of Turin), Rav.Chakam

Esdra Pontremoli Esdra Pontremoli (Chieri, 10 January 1818 – Vercelli, 1 February 1888) was an Italian rabbi, poet, writer, editor, teacher, pedagogist and member of the Pontremoli dynasty. He founded with Giuseppe Levi ''L'Educatore Israelita'', the first Jewi ...

(Rabbi of Vercelli)."Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie" Parigi,1997
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Bibliography

*"Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie" Parigi,1997
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*«Benjamin Pontremoli». In: ''

Jewish Encyclopedia ''The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day'' is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on th ...

'', Vol. XIX, 1888 Isidore Singer
on-line

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pontremoli, Benjamin Turkish rabbis Turkish poets Smyrniote Jews 18th-century births 19th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Turkish male poets 19th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire