DANIEL MENDOZA (5 July 1764[1] - 3 September 1836) (often known as Dan Mendoza) was an English prizefighter, who was boxing champion of England 1792-95. He was a Sephardic Jew, and is sometimes called ...
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DANIEL MENDOZA (5 July 1764[1] - 3 September 1836) (often known as Dan Mendoza) was an English prizefighter, who was boxing champion of England 1792-95. He was a Sephardic Jew, and is sometimes called ...
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Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939) (Hebrew: יעקב חיים סופר ) was a Sephardi rabbi, Kabbalist, Talmudist and posek. He is the author of Kaf Hachaim, a work of halakha that he came to be known by.
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Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939) (Hebrew: יעקב חיים סופר ) was a Sephardi rabbi, Kabbalist, Talmudist and posek. He is the author of Kaf Hachaim, a work of halakha that he came to be known by.
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PEIXOTTO, U.S. family of Sephardi origin. DANIEL LEVI MADURO PEIXOTTO (1800–1843), a physician, was born in Amsterdam, and was taken to New York in 1807 by his father MOSES LEVI MADURO PEIXOTTO (1767–1...
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PEIXOTTO, U.S. family of Sephardi origin. DANIEL LEVI MADURO PEIXOTTO (1800–1843), a physician, was born in Amsterdam, and was taken to New York in 1807 by his father MOSES LEVI MADURO PEIXOTTO (1767–1...
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Jessica Blanche Peixotto, born in New York, October 9, 1864, essentially belonged to California--to both the State and the University. She came to the state in her early childhood, and her connection w...
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Jessica Blanche Peixotto, born in New York, October 9, 1864, essentially belonged to California--to both the State and the University. She came to the state in her early childhood, and her connection w...
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Rabbi Moshê ben Abraham Boino, in fact great-grandfather of Dr. Antonio Homem.
MOÍSES BOINO, Jewish merchant and physicist; In 1446, the Regent Infante D.Pedro, granted him the right to ride a mule, w...
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Rabbi Moshê ben Abraham Boino, in fact great-grandfather of Dr. Antonio Homem.
MOÍSES BOINO, Jewish merchant and physicist; In 1446, the Regent Infante D.Pedro, granted him the right to ride a mule, w...
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רבי אלעזר בירבי קליר, או אלעזר הקליר (המאה ה-6 – המאה ה-7), פייטן ארץ ישראלי בן התקופה הביזנטית. חיבר פיוטים רבים, שחלקם נכנסו למחזורי התפילה של יהודי אשכנז, צרפת, איטליה ויוון. Eleazar ben Killir , El...
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רבי אלעזר בירבי קליר, או אלעזר הקליר (המאה ה-6 – המאה ה-7), פייטן ארץ ישראלי בן התקופה הביזנטית. חיבר פיוטים רבים, שחלקם נכנסו למחזורי התפילה של יהודי אשכנז, צרפת, איטליה ויוון. Eleazar ben Killir , El...
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Yannai MP (c.675 - d.)
"יניי", "ינעי", "Piyyutim by Yannai", "payyetan Yannai", "Yanai"
Mahzor Yannai : A liturgical work of the 7th century (download) Read online Yannai (Hebrew: יניי or ינעי) was the first payyetan to employ rhyme and introduce his name in acrostics. He flourished, pro...
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Yannai MP (c.675 - d.)
"יניי", "ינעי", "Piyyutim by Yannai", "payyetan Yannai", "Yanai"
Mahzor Yannai : A liturgical work of the 7th century (download) Read online Yannai (Hebrew: יניי or ינעי) was the first payyetan to employ rhyme and introduce his name in acrostics. He flourished, pro...
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הרב יחיא צאלח - מהרי"ץ או מהרי"ץ-צאלח (b. 1713 - d. 27.4.1805) Mari (Rabbi) Yikhia Tsalakh was the foremost spiritual leader of Yemen's Jews in the 18th century and one of the greatest ״late Poskim (ad...
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הרב יחיא צאלח - מהרי"ץ או מהרי"ץ-צאלח (b. 1713 - d. 27.4.1805) Mari (Rabbi) Yikhia Tsalakh was the foremost spiritual leader of Yemen's Jews in the 18th century and one of the greatest ״late Poskim (ad...
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Rabbi Moshe Avigdor Amiel (1883-1946) , philosopher, active for Eretz Yisrael settlement. In 1905 rabbi of Svencian, in 1920 rabbi of Antwerp, in 1936 Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Moshe Avigdor Amiel...
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Rabbi Moshe Avigdor Amiel (1883-1946) , philosopher, active for Eretz Yisrael settlement. In 1905 rabbi of Svencian, in 1920 rabbi of Antwerp, in 1936 Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Moshe Avigdor Amiel...
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Shalom Messas was born in Meknes, Morocco in 1913. He was the son of Rabbi Mimoun Messas and his wife, Rachel. Shalom Messas attended an Alliance Israélite Universelle school. He was a promising Torah ...
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Shalom Messas was born in Meknes, Morocco in 1913. He was the son of Rabbi Mimoun Messas and his wife, Rachel. Shalom Messas attended an Alliance Israélite Universelle school. He was a promising Torah ...
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R' Matzliah Mazuz On the night of Passover, Tunisian Jews have the custom of studying the work of Rabbi Matzliah Mazuz, that great Posek, the last of the Gaonim of Tunisia, and the Rav of all Jews in e...
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R' Matzliah Mazuz On the night of Passover, Tunisian Jews have the custom of studying the work of Rabbi Matzliah Mazuz, that great Posek, the last of the Gaonim of Tunisia, and the Rav of all Jews in e...
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Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (1326 – 1408) יצחק בן ששת was a Spanish Talmudic authority, also known by his acronym, Rivash (ריב"ש ). He was born at Valencia and settled early in life at Barcelona, where he...
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Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (1326 – 1408) יצחק בן ששת was a Spanish Talmudic authority, also known by his acronym, Rivash (ריב"ש ). He was born at Valencia and settled early in life at Barcelona, where he...
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Yiḥyah Qafiḥ רבי יחיא בן שלמה קאפח also Yiḥyah ibn Shalomo el Qafiḥ) (1850–1931), known also by the affectionate name "Ha-Yashish" (= "the Elder"), served as the Chief Rabbi of Sana'a, Yemen in the lat...
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Yiḥyah Qafiḥ רבי יחיא בן שלמה קאפח also Yiḥyah ibn Shalomo el Qafiḥ) (1850–1931), known also by the affectionate name "Ha-Yashish" (= "the Elder"), served as the Chief Rabbi of Sana'a, Yemen in the lat...
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Hezekiah da Silva (also Hezekiah Silva) (1659–1698) (חזקיה בן דוד די סילוא) was a Jewish author born at Livorno, Italy, son-in-law of the dayan Mordecai Refael Malachi. About 1679 he left his native ci...
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Hezekiah da Silva (also Hezekiah Silva) (1659–1698) (חזקיה בן דוד די סילוא) was a Jewish author born at Livorno, Italy, son-in-law of the dayan Mordecai Refael Malachi. About 1679 he left his native ci...
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Raphael Meldola was Chief Rabbi (Haham) of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London from 1805 until his death in 1828.* Raphael Meldola (Sephardic_Rabbi). For his grandson, the chemist, see Raphael Me...
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Raphael Meldola was Chief Rabbi (Haham) of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London from 1805 until his death in 1828.* Raphael Meldola (Sephardic_Rabbi). For his grandson, the chemist, see Raphael Me...
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Don Todros ibn Yahya (Navarro) MP (1318 - c.1370)
"Don Todros Navarro ben Gedalya "the elderest"", "Don Moshe Gadeliah ibn Yahya", "Moshe ibn Yahya ben Gedaliah"
Moses Navarro of Santarem, was personal physician to King Pedro I and his (treasurer and receiver-general of taxes) , serving for nearly 30 years as chief rabbi (*arraby moor) of Portugal. King Pedro g...
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Don Todros ibn Yahya (Navarro) MP (1318 - c.1370)
"Don Todros Navarro ben Gedalya "the elderest"", "Don Moshe Gadeliah ibn Yahya", "Moshe ibn Yahya ben Gedaliah"
Moses Navarro of Santarem, was personal physician to King Pedro I and his (treasurer and receiver-general of taxes) , serving for nearly 30 years as chief rabbi (*arraby moor) of Portugal. King Pedro g...
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Israel Family Tree 1500's - Scroll down page to view
The last Chief Rabbi of Rhodes was Reuben Eliahu Israel. He was mentioned by author Moshe David Gaon. He wrote a family history added to his his ...
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Israel Family Tree 1500's - Scroll down page to view
The last Chief Rabbi of Rhodes was Reuben Eliahu Israel. He was mentioned by author Moshe David Gaon. He wrote a family history added to his his ...
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[ Nahmanides [Nah-man-nid-ez (רבי משה בן נחמן), also known as Rabbi Moses ben Naḥman Girondi, Bonastruc ça (de) Porta and by his acronym Ramban (1194 – 1270), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Cat...
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[ Nahmanides [Nah-man-nid-ez (רבי משה בן נחמן), also known as Rabbi Moses ben Naḥman Girondi, Bonastruc ça (de) Porta and by his acronym Ramban (1194 – 1270), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Cat...
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