Graziadio Nepi
Personal
Born1759 (1759)
Ferrara, Papal States
Died18 January 1836(1836-01-18) (aged 76–77)
Cento, Papal States
ReligionJudaism

Graziadio (Hananel) Nepi (Hebrew: חננאל ניפי, romanized: Ḥananʼel Neppi; 1759 – January 18, 1836), also known by the acronym Ḥen (ח״ן),[1] was an Italian rabbi, Kabbalist, and physician.

Biography

Graziadio Nepi studied at Ferrara for twelve years under Rabbi Jacob Moses Ayash and subsequently was himself the teacher of many disciples in his native city.[2] On account of his great Talmudic learning he was sent as deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables convened by Napoleon I at Paris in 1806.[3] Upon his return he was called to the congregation at Cento, where he held the position of rabbi until his death, his pupil Isaac Reggio becoming his successor at Ferrara.[2]

Nepi, who lived an ascetic life, was one of the highest religious authorities of his time in Italy. Among his publications were Livyat Ḥen, a collection of the responsa which he sent to different rabbis, and Derushim, a collection of his sermons. His Zekher tsadikim li-verakhah, consisting of biographical and bibliographical sketches of rabbis and Jewish scholars, was intended to complete Azulai's Shem ha-gedolim but left unfinished. It was completed by M. S. Ghirondi under the title Toledot gedole Yisrael, and published by the latter's son (Triest, 1853).[4] A catalogue of his library was published in Lemberg in 1873.[2]

Selected publications

  • Shir le-ḥanokh bet ha-knesset be-ir Cento. Florence. 1827.
  • Toledot gedole Yisrael. Toldot geʾone Yiśraʾel. Trieste: Tipografia Marenigh. 1853. hdl:2027/hvd.hwmqdb.
  • Likutim mi-kitve ha-rav Ḥananʼel Neppi. Ferrara. 1908.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Cassuto, Umberto (1905). "Nepi (Neppi), Graziadio (Hananeel)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 224.

  1. ↑ Zeitlin, William (1905). Freimann, Aron; Brody, Heinrich (eds.). "Anagramme, Initialen und Pseudonyma neuhebräischer Schriftsteller und Publizisten". Zeitschrift für hebräische Bibliographie (in German). Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann. IX: 87. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  2. 1 2 3 Salah, Asher (2007). La République des Lettres: Rabbins, écrivains et médecins juifs en Italie au XVIIIe siècle (in French). Leiden: Brill. pp. 472–474. ISBN 9789047403418. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  3. ↑ Graetz, Heinrich (1895). From the Chmielnicki Persecution of the Jews in Poland (1648 C.E.) to the Period of Emancipation in Central Europe (c. 1870 C.E.). History of the Jews. Vol. V. Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 488. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  4. ↑  Singer, Isidore; Cassuto, Umberto (1905). "Nepi (Neppi), Graziadio (Hananeel)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 224.
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