Moses Levi Ehrenreich (1818 in
Brody
Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...
,
Galicia – December 27, 1899 in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
) was an Italian rabbi, who became chief rabbi at Rome.
Life
Having graduated from the gymnasium of Brody, Ehrenreich, attracted by the reputation of
Samuel David Luzzatto
Samuel David Luzzatto ( he, שמואל דוד לוצאטו, ; 22 August 1800 – 30 September 1865), also known by the Hebrew acronym Shadal (), was an Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement.
Early ...
, went to
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
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
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
, he became rabbi at
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
, and in 1861 rabbi at
Casale,
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title =
, population_blank1 =
, demographics_type1 =
, demographics1_footnotes =
, demographics1_title1 =
, demographics1_info1 =
, demographics1_title2 ...
. In 1871 he was teacher to the families of Guastalla and Malvano at
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, 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
Hosea
In the Hebrew Bible, Hosea ( or ; he, הוֹשֵׁעַ – ''Hōšēaʿ'', 'Salvation'; gr, Ὡσηέ – ''Hōsēé''), son of Beeri, was an 8th-century BCE prophet in Israel and the nominal primary author of the Book of Hosea. He is the ...
,
Micah
Micah (; ) is a given name.
Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "Who is like God?" The name is sometimes found with Theophoric name, theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in ''Jah, Yah'' and in ''Y ...
,
Daniel
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
,
Ezra and Nehemiah
Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρα ...
. 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