Solomon Abudarham
Chief Rabbi Solomon Abudarham | |
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Died | December 1804 |
Resting place | Jews' Gate Cemetery 36°07′14″N 5°20′43″W / 36.1205°N 5.3454°W |
Other names | Shelomo Abudarham II |
Known for | Academy of Rabbi Solomon Abudarham Flemish Synagogue Abudarham Synagogue |
Predecessor | Chief Rabbi Yehuda ben Yitshak Halevi |
Solomon Abudarham (died 1804) was Chief Rabbi of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar until his death from yellow fever in December 1804. Also known as Shelomo Abudarham II, the rabbi established a school of religious study on Parliament Lane and laid the inaugural stone for the Flemish Synagogue on Line Wall Road. In 1820, his academy was converted into the Abudarham Synagogue, named after the rabbi.
Biography
Solomon Abudarham, also known as Shelomo Abudarham II, was the grandson of Shelomo Abudarham I of
The late 18th century was a time of prosperity for Gibraltar's merchants due to the
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Tomb of the crown of our head, the sage versed in every area of the Torah, famed Dayan (judge), Light of the West, the eminent rabbi from distinguished family, honourable teacher and rabbi Shelomo Abudarham of blessed memory, called to the Heavenly court 4th Heshvan 5565 (December 1804).
Legacy
Other than an 1802 decision which dealt with the exemption of Torah scholars from the payment of taxes, fairly little of the rabbi's writings survive.[1] In the early nineteenth century, recent Moroccan immigrants to Gibraltar expressed their desire for a synagogue that was more intimate in scale and less formal than the Great Synagogue.[6][7] In 1820, the school of religious study that Abudarham had established was converted into a synagogue, the Abudarham Synagogue (Spanish: Esnoga Abudarham).[1][6][7][10] The building on Parliament Lane had formerly been used as the Freemasons' Hall. As a consequence, Parliament Lane is sometimes referred to in Spanish as El Callejón de los Masones (Freemasons' Street). It is speculated that the building housed the municipal council when Gibraltar was in the possession of the Spanish.[6][7] Both the Flemish Synagogue and the Abudarham Synagogue continue to be active houses of worship for Gibraltar's Jewish community.[11][12]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rabbi Roni Hassid. "Places of Jewish Interest - The Windmill Hill (Jews' Gate) Cemetery". jewishgibraltar.com. Gibraltar Jewish Community. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Malkhei Rabanan". sephardicgen.com. Malkhei Rabanan. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ISBN 9780888640161. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ "List of Crown Dependencies & Overseas Territories". fco.gov.uk. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ISBN 9780804737777. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Tito Benady (July 2009). "The Synagogues of Gibraltar" (PDF). Rock Talk (2): 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Synagogues". jewishgibraltar.com. Gibraltar Jewish Community. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ISBN 9781438129235. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ Elena Scialtiel (October 2010). "There's a new deputy in town!". Gibraltar Magazine. 15 (12): 26–27. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "The Jews of Gibraltar". manfredlehmann.com. Manfred and Anne Lehmann Foundation. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Jewish Community of Gibraltar". jewishgen.org. Jewish Communities & Records (JCR-UK). Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "The Jewish Community of Gibraltar". eurojewcong.org. European Jewish Congress. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
External links
- Photographs of Jews' Gate Cemetery Archived 19 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine