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Lot #    25334
Auction End Date    12/8/2009 11:48:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Shabbatai Elhanan me-Hazekeinim
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר שבתי אלחנן ב'ר אלישע מהזקנים
Author    [Ms.]
City    Casale Monferrato
Publication Date    18th cent.
          
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Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
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Physical
Description
   [1] p., 134:214 mm., light age staining, ink on paper, neat Italian rabbinic script, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description
   Letter by R. Shabbatai Elhanan b. Elisha Del Vecchio (min Hazekeinim; 1707-?), rabbi of Casale Monferrato and other Italian cities, posek, and preacher. In his youth Del Vecchio studied under his grandfather, R. Solomon David Del Vecchio, who ordained him as rabbi. In 1727 he was ordained rabbi also by the rabbis of Ferrara who included R. Isaac Hezekiah Lampronti, author of the Pahad Yitzhok wherein many of his responsa are recorded. He was a teacher in several Italian communities: Leghorn, Ancona, and Lugo from 1730 to 1739, when he was appointed rabbi of the town of Casale. Many noted scholars were his pupils. R. Del Vecchio used to sign his responsa as "Malkat Sheva" ("Queen of Sheba"; from Shabbetai Ben Elisha). He was also on friendly terms with HIDA who visited him in Casale in 1755. His approbation appears on the Shoshanim leDavid of R. David Pardo, son-in-law of the HIDA, a responsa appears in Shemesh Zedakah (Venice 1743) of R. Samson Morpurgo.

His writings are still in manuscript: Yeled Zekunim, a collection of letters sent to him by rabbis and emissaries with his replies, some of which were published by J. Nacht (see bibl.). His halakhic works are Ir Miklat on the precepts; Mishpat ha-Morim; Da'at Zekenim; Ta'am Zekenim; and Penei Zekenim. Responsa and additional letters are to be found in the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York (nos. 55–915–1044).

          
Reference
Description
   M. Benayahu, in: Sinai, Sefer Yovel (1958), 491–503; M. Benayahu, Rabbi H.Y. D. Azulai (Heb., 1959), index, S.V. Min ha-Zekenim Shabbetai Elhanan; EJ
        
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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