Joseph Palacci (also "Palaggi", "Palagi", and many variations) (1815–1896) was a rabbi and author in

Ladino Ladino, derived from Latin, may refer to: * Judeo-Spanish language (ISO 639–3 lad), spoken by Sephardic Jews *Ladino people, a socio-ethnic category of Mestizo or Hispanicized people in Central America especially in Guatemala * Black ladinos, a ...

and Hebrew in Izmir and was a descendant of the

Pallache family Pallache, also de Palacio(s), Palache, Palaçi, Palachi, Palatsi, Palacci, Palaggi, al-Fallashi, and many other variations, is a prominent, Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jewish family from the Iberian Peninsula, who spr ...

Life

Palacci was born in Izmir in 1815, the third and youngest son of grand rabbi

Haim Palachi Haim Palachi ( ; Acronym: MaHaRHaF or HaVIF) (January 28, 1788– February 10, 1868) was a Jewish- Turkish chief rabbi of Smyrna (İzmir) and author in Ladino and Hebrew. His titles included ''Hakham Bashi'' and '' Gaon''. He was the father ...

and younger brother of grand rabbis

Abraham Palacci Abraham Palacci (1809 or 1810 – January 2, 1898) was a grand rabbi and author (in Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino and Hebrew) of Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Smyrna (now İzmir). He was the son of grand rabbi Haim Palachi and brother of grand rabbi Rahamim Ni ...

and

Rahamim Nissim Palacci Rahamim Nissim Isaac Palacci (also "Palaggi," "Palagi," "Falaji," and many variations) (1813–1907) was a rabbi and author in Izmir, Turkey, and descendant of the Pallache family. Life Palacci was born in Izmir, the son of grand rabbi Haim Palach ...

. He was to succeed his brothers as grand rabbi but proved too young (under seventy-five) under current law. Instead, Solomon, one of Abraham's sons, was nominated to succeed. Due to Solomon's credentials (weak in scholarship, discordant in community), tension arose, and Joseph Eli (died 1906) was nominated. To end the dispute, Solomon received another position in the rabbinate and Joseph Eli succeeded briefly (1899–1900). Finally, Joseph ben Samuel Bensenior (1837–1913) succeeded as grand rabbi in December 1900. His grandfather mentions how he helped print his grandfather's books. Palacci himself also wrote books.

Personal and death

Palacci died in Izmir in 1896.

Works

* ''And Joseph Abraham'' with brother Abraham Palacci, in Ladino and Hebrew (Izmir) * ''Brother Joseph'' (Izmir)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palacci, Joseph Sephardi rabbis 19th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire Exponents of Jewish law Turkish Sephardi Jews 1896 deaths 1815 births Smyrniote Jews Pallache family

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