Raphael Chiyya Pontremoli is the author of the
Meam Loez on
Esther
Esther (; ), originally Hadassah (; ), is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and ma ...
and the editor of
Simcha LeIsh by Rabbi
Chaim Shunshol.
Biography
He was born in
Smyrna
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(
Turkey
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) from an important dynasty of rabbi. Potremoli's family came from
Italy
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.
See also
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Hiyya Pontremoli
Hiyya Pontremoli (Smyrna, 17th century - Smyrna, 1823) was a Turkish rabbi and poet, member of the Pontremoli dynasty.
Biography
Hiyya Pontremoli was born in Smyrna to the famous rabbi Benjamin Pontremoli; he was an important rabbi of the History ...
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Benjamin Pontremoli
References
Meam Loez on Yehoshua in English. No ISBN.
Book of Esther
Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish-language writers
Turkish Sephardi Jews
Smyrniote Jews
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