Joseph Burgel

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Joseph Burgel (* 1791 ; † 1857 in Tunis ) was the rabbi of Tunis.

Life

Burgel was the son of the Grand Rabbi Elijah Hai Burgel . He is one of the most prominent Tunisian rabbis of the nineteenth century. The world traveler Benjamin II emphasizes Joseph Burgel as particularly important among the nine Jewish judges ( Dayanim ) of Tunis. Benjamin II describes Burgel as a learned orientalist who studies day and night and only allows himself a few hours of sleep. Burgel maintained a yeshiva at his own expense and had many students. He wrote two important works: Zar'a de-Yosef (1849) and Ṿa-yiḳen Yosef (1852). His brother Nathan, scholar and philanthropist , published the first book and added a foreword. His nephew Elijah Hai (d. 1898), chief ( Caid ), Maggid and Grand Rabbi of Tunis, published the second book. Burgel's works were published by Mosheh Yeshuʻah Ṭobyano in Livorno , Tuscany. At that time, Livorno was one of the most important places where Hebrew literature was printed in the Mediterranean.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Ginzberg, Meyer Kayserling:  Burgel, Joseph. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
  2. ^ HZ Hirschberg: A history of the Jews in North Africa: From the Ottoman conquests to the present time. BRILL, 1981, p. 115, ISBN 9004062955
  3. ^ Israel Joseph Benjamin: Eight Years in Asia and Africa Self-published, Hanover, 1858, p. 244.
  4. ↑ Bordjel . in: Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 4. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. pp. 83-84
  5. ^ The Jewish encyclopedia, 1906, p. 275 Online , accessed December 23, 2013.
  6. ^ Monthly for the history and science of Judaism, 1895, p. 429 online , accessed on December 23, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Burgel, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Rabbi of Tunis
DATE OF BIRTH 1791
DATE OF DEATH 1857
Place of death Tunis