Nachman Nathan Coronel (; 1810 – 6 August 1890) was a

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ite Jewish scholar.

Biography

Coronel was born in

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to a

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father and

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mother. His teacher was Rabbi Abraham Susan. In 1830 he emigrated to

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, where he married, afterward settling in

. There he studied in the Sephardic

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. He became especially interested in rabbinical manuscripts, and acquired many rare copies, some of which he sold to European libraries, while others he published with his own annotations. Coronel was awarded by the

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the gold medal for art and science.

Publications

* Containing a varied version of '' Berakhot'', manuscripts of Cairo, and decisions by Isaiah di Trani the Elder, with an introduction by Coronel. * Containing a varied version of ', decisions in jurisprudence by Solomon Tazerat, and a letter of excommunication by David the Exilarch. * Containing a liturgy of the

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period. * Rules for the slaughter and examination of animals, by

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. * Selected religious regulations for travelers. * Decisions by Solomon ben Adret in reference to appropriating '' ḥallah'' (the priests' share of the dough), and decisions by Jacob ben Zahal of Jerusalem. Coronel, in his own essay, ''Ḥakor Davar'' 'Search out a Matter'' attempted to establish a precedent for the exemption, like the Levite tithe, of the appropriation of ''ḥallah'' outside the Holy Land, for which he was rebuked by the rabbis of Jerusalem. * By

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, with Coronel's commentary.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coronel, Nachman Nathan 1810 births 1890 deaths 19th-century Dutch rabbis 19th-century rabbis in Jerusalem 19th-century Sephardi Jews Sephardi rabbis from Ottoman Palestine Book and manuscript collectors Emigrants from the Dutch Republic Immigrants to the Ottoman Empire Writers from Jerusalem Shelichei derabonan (rabbis)