Ezra ben Isaac Fano was
Rabbi
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of
Mantua
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In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...
and
cabalist who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Fano was a pupil of the cabalist
Israel Saruḳ, and among his own pupils were
Menahem Azariah da Fano
Menahem Azariah da Fano (also called Immanuel da Fano, and Rema MiPano ( he, רמ״ע מפאנו)) (1548 – 1620) was an Italian rabbi, Talmudist, and Kabbalist.
Life
He was a disciple of Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, to whose widow he off ...
,
Jacob the Levite, and
Issachar Baer Eulenburg.
On 14 July 1591, Fano received the title of "Chief Rabbi Laureate of Mantua." He was the possessor of valuable manuscripts, some of which he edited and annotated. He published, under the title of ''Sefer Mishpeṭe Shebu'ot'' (Venice, 1602), a collection of small treatises by
Hai Gaon
Hai ben Sherira (Hebrew: האי/י בר שרירא) better known as Hai Gaon (Hebrew: האי/י גאון, חאיי גאון), was a medieval Jewish theologian, rabbi and scholar who served as Gaon of the Talmudic academy of Pumbedita during the ...
. In conjunction with
Meïr of Padua Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen (c. 1482 – 12 January 1565) (also, Meir of Padua, or Maharam Padua, he, מאיר בן יצחק קצנלנבויגן) was a German rabbi born in Katzenelnbogen.
Biography
Meïr ben Isaac, who was often called after ...
, he edited a manuscript of the ''
Midrash Tanḥuma
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,'' adding a preface, an index, and three tables of practical decisions (Mantua, 1563). His decisions were published in
Moses Porto's ''Palge Mayim'' (p. 28b) and in the collection entitled ''Mashbit Milḥamot'' (p. 32b). MS. No. 130 in the ''Codices Hebraic. Biblioth. I. B. de Rossi'' (Parma, 1803) contains a collection of letters written to Fano by
Mordecai Dato
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Haman ( ; also known as ...
and
Joseph Ḥazaḳ
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(Cod. 130), and
Joseph Gikatilla's ''Sefer ha-Oraḥ,'' with a description by Fano (Cod. 1228). Fano also wrote notes to many cabalistic works.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
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* (1874–1939), Belgian pharmacologist
* Sir Gerhard Jack Zunz (1923–2018), British civil engineer
* Leopold Zunz (Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz) (1794–1886), German Reform rabbi an ...
, in Kerem Ḥemed, vii.122;
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Graziadio Nepi
Graziadio (Hananel) Nepi (; 1759 – January 18, 1836), also known by the acronym Ḥen (), was an Italian rabbi, Kabbalist, and physician.
Biography
Graziadio Nepi studied at Ferrara for twelve years under Rabbi and subsequently was himself the ...
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Mordecai Ghirondi
Mordecai Samuel ben Benzion Aryeh Ghirondi (; October 1799 – January 4, 1852) was an Italian Jewish author and Chief Rabbi of Padua.
Biography
Mordecai Samuel Ghirondi was born into a rabbinic family in Padua. He studied at the rabbinical coll ...
, ''Toledot Gedole Yisrael'', p. 282, 289;
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Marco Mortara
Marco Mortara (born at Viadana, 7 May 1815; died at Mantua, 2 February 1894) was an Italian rabbi and scholar.
Having graduated from the rabbinical college of Padua in 1836, he was called as rabbi to Mantua in 1842, and occupied this position unti ...
, ''Indice'', p. 21.
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16th-century births
17th-century deaths
17th-century Italian rabbis
Rabbis from Mantua
Kabbalists
16th-century Italian rabbis
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