Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen
Rabbi Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen | |
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Born | 1521 |
Died | 25 March 1597 Padua, Republic of Venice | (aged 75–76)
Religion | Judaism |
Children | Saul Wahl |
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Dynasty | Katzenellenbogen |
Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen (
Biography
He was distinguished even in his youth for his scholarship and his oratorical gifts. He was associated, both as rabbi and as writer, with his father, after whose death, in 1565, he was elected rabbi at Venice.[1] He had many pupils, one of whom had a bust made of his beloved teacher, who was of imposing appearance, and set it up in the schoolhouse so as to have it constantly before his eyes (Eisenstadt-Wiener, Da'at Kedoshim, p. 82, St. Petersburg, 1897–98). Chaim Yosef David Azulai ("Shem ha-Gedolim," s.v.) speaks of this fact in connection with Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen's great-grandfather, Judah Minz.
Katzenellenbogen was highly respected by his coreligionists throughout Italy, and, because of his wide scholarship, was honored by
On Katzenellenbogen's death
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Kerem Hemed, iii. 94 et seq.;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. No. 7047;
- Edelmann, Gedullat Sha'ul, pp. xiii. (where Katzenellenbogen's epitaph is quoted), 2b, 29 et seq., London, 1854;
- Julius Fürst, Bibl. Jud. ii. 179;
- Zunz, Monatstage des Kalenderjahres, p. 15;
- S. Kahan, 'Anaf 'Eẓ Abot, p. 31, Cracow, 1903;
- Eisenstadt-Wiener, Da'at Ḳedoshim, pp. 82 et seq.D. M. K.
References
- ISBN 978-1-150-67535-5.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Katzenellenbogen". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.