Moses Levi Ehrenreich (1818 in

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, Galicia – December 27, 1899 in

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) was an Italian rabbi, who became chief rabbi at Rome.

Life

Having graduated from the gymnasium of Brody, Ehrenreich, attracted by the reputation of

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, went to

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to study at the Istituto Rabbinico, where he received the rabbinical diploma on 10 May 1845. He immediately began teaching at Görtz, where he became friendly with Isaac Reggio, whose daughter Helena he later married. After a short stay at

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, he became rabbi at

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, and in 1861 rabbi at Casale,

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. In 1871 he was teacher to the families of Guastalla and Malvano at

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, and in 1882 he was called to the principalship of the Talmud Torah in Rome, shortly afterward becoming chief rabbi of Rome. It was through his efforts and under his direction that the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano was reopened in 1887. In 1894 old age compelled his retirement from the rabbinate.

Works

His chief literary work consisted of the part he took of the translation of the Bible into Italian under the direction of Luzzatto, for which he translated

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, Micah,

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. He also wrote a biography of his father-in-law, Isaac Reggio. He was a member of the committee of the society of Meḳiẓe Nirdamim from its reestablishment in 1885.

References

*Allg. Zeit. des Jud. 1900, p. 20 * Vessillo Israelitico, 1900, p. 23

External links

''Jewish Encyclopedia'': "Ehrenreich, Moses Levi"
by Isidore Singer and Ismar Elbogen (1906). {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrenreich, Moses Levi 1818 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Italian rabbis Polish Austro-Hungarians Rabbis from Galicia (Eastern Europe) People from Brody