Joshua Raphael ben Israel Benveniste

Joshua Raphael (ca. 1590–1668), was educated at the Ibn Ya‘ish family’s seminary, which was headed by Rabbi Joseph ben Moses Miṭrani (known as Mahariṭ, 1569–1639) (see Ṭrani (Miṭrani), Joseph ben Moses di, the Elder. Joshua Raphael was a physician and poet who also served as rabbi (marbiṣ tora) for one of Istanbul’s congregations before moving to Bursa, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was a prolific writer. His books include, among other works, the responsa collection Sha‘ar Yehoshu‘a (Joshua’s Gate; Hosiatin, 1903; Jerusalem 1982-92), a collection of homilies entitled Ozney Yehoshu‘a (Joshua’s Ears; Istanbul, 1677), and a commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud, Sedeh Yehoshu‘a (Joshua’s Field; Istanbul, 1662).

Yaron Ben Naeh

Bibliography

Barnai, Jacob. “Rabbi Ḥayyim Benveniste ve-Rabbanut Izmir bi-Tequfato,” in Yeme ha-Sahar: Peraqim be-Toldot ha-Yehudim ba-Imperiya ha-ʽOthmanit, ed. Minna Rozen (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 1996), pp. 151–191.

Benayahu, Meir. Ha-Yaḥasim she-Beyn Yehude Yavan li-Yehude Iṭalya: Mi-Gerush Sefarad ‘ad Tom ha-Republiqa ha-Veneṣiyanit, (Tel-Aviv: Ha-Makhon le-Ḥeqer ha-Tefuṣot, 1980).

———. “Rofe’ he-Ḥaṣer Rabbi Moshe Benvenest ve-Shir ‘al haglayato le-Rodus me-Rabbi Yehuda Zarqo,” Sefunot 12, no. 2 (1971–78): 123–143.

Benveniste, Joshua. She’elot u-Teshuvot Sha‘ar Yehoshu‘a: ‘Al Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ (Jerusalem: Makhon Or ha-Mizraḥ, 1982), vol. 1, pp. 9–19.

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Yaron Ben Naeh. "Benveniste Family." Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Executive Editor Norman A. Stillman. Brill Online, 2013.<http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-jews-...>