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Capsali
Caspali is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Elijah Capsali ( 1485 – after 1550), Ottoman rabbi and historian * Floria Capsali Floria Capsali (28 February 1900 – 29 June 1982) was an Ottoman-born Romanian ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher. Life Provenance, disrupted childhood and early career Floria Capsali was born at Bitola, a midsized town and commerci ... (1900–1982), Ottoman-born Romanian ballerina, choreographer, and dance teacher * Moses Capsali (1420–1495), Venetian-born Jewish rabbi in the Ottoman Empire {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floria Capsali
Floria Capsali (28 February 1900 – 29 June 1982) was an Ottoman-born Romanian ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher. Life Provenance, disrupted childhood and early career Floria Capsali was born at Bitola, a midsized town and commercial centre in the hills south of Skopje, which at that time was in the ethnically and linguistically diverse Manastir Vilayet district of the Ottoman Empire and today is in North Macedonia. Capsali was of Aromanian descent. She was the elder by nine years of her parents' two daughters. Her father, Xenophon Capsali, came from a well-established mercantile family. Her uncle, who became her guardian after her father's early death in 1913, was the stage actor Ion Manolescu. Xenophon Capsali's sudden death occurred as the family was escaping to Romania in order to keep away from the ravages of the First Balkan War. During 1913 his widow and two daughters made their new home in Bucharest. Floria's mother, born Maria Manolescu, came ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Capsali
Elijah ben Elkanah Capsali (Hebrew: אליהו בן אלקנה קפשאלי; – after 1550) was a notable rabbi and historian. Biography Born in Crete, into a distinguished Romaniote family, the Capsalis had served as heads of the Jewish community on several occasions and distinguished themselves in the study of the Torah and Talmud. His father Elkanah Capsali, served as the head of the Cretan Jewish community, and taught Elijah in his early years. In 1508 Elijah went to Padua, to study in the yeshivah of Judah Minz, who soon died after Capsali's arrival. Although, his studies were interrupted by the occupation of Padua by German troops in 1509, after which he moved to Venice. In 1510 Capsali returned to Crete, were he studied under Isaac Mangelheim. In he became the Chief Rabbi of Crete, during which he associated himself with several great scholars of his time such as, Jacob Berab and Joseph Karo. Additionally he wrote several notable historical works, which were praised f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |