Haim Palachi

Hakham Bashi
Haim Palachi
Tomb of Haim Palachi in İzmir, Turkey
Born
Ḥayyim ben Jacob Pallache

(1788-01-28)January 28, 1788
Smyrna (İzmir)
DiedFebruary 10, 1868(1868-02-10) (aged 80) (Hebrew calendar 17 Shvat 5628)
Smyrna (İzmir)
Burial placeBahri Baba Jewish cemetery, Izmir; relocated to Gürçeşme cemetery, 86-116 Gürçeşme Caddesi, Izmir
Other namesalternative spellings: Haim Palacci, Ḥayyim Pallache, Hayim Palacci, Hayyim Palaggi, Chaim Palagi; also Palache, Falaji
Years active1813–1868 (death)
EraTanzimat period
Notable workTokhahot Hayyim (Reproofs of Life)
SpouseEsther Palacci
ChildrenAbraham, Yitzak/Isaac (Rahamim Nissim), Joseph
Parent(s)Jacob Pallache, Kali Kaden Hazen
FamilyPallache family
AwardsMecidiye Order Third Class

Haim Palachi (Hebrew: חיים פלאג'י Yiddish: חיים פאלאדזשי; Acronym: MaHaRHaF or HaVIF) (January 28, 1788– February 10, 1868)[1] was a Jewish-Turkish chief rabbi of Smyrna (İzmir) and author in Ladino[2] and Hebrew. His titles included Hakham Bashi[3] and Gaon.[4][5] He was the father of grand rabbis Abraham Palacci and Isaac Palacci (Rahamim Nissim Palacci) and rabbi Joseph Palacci. He was a member of the Pallache family.

(Alternative spellings include: Hayim Palachi,[6] Hayyim Pallache,[3] Hayyim Palache,[7][8] Haim Palacci,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Hayim Palacci,[9][17] Hayyim Palaggi (and Falaji),[18] Chaim Palagi,[19][20] and Haim Palatchi.) He died on 17 Shevat 5628, according to the Jewish calendar. His mother's name was Kaden.[21]

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  2. ^ "Index for Abraham Galante's Jews of Turkey". SephardicGen. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Ben Naeh, Yaron (2010), "Pallache, Ḥayyim", in Stillman, Norman A. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, vol. 4, Brill, pp. 38–39
  4. ^ Wallach, Shalom Meir (1996). Ben Ish Chai Haggadah. Feldheim Publishers. pp. 11 ("And the Lion of the gaonim, the elderly Gaon Chaim Palaji of Izmir"). ISBN 9780801872259.
  5. ^ Bora, Siren (2 September 2015). "İzmir'de 1859 Kan İftirası Olayı ve Rav Hayim Palaçi'nin mektubu". Shalom Newspaper. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  6. ^ Romeu Ferre, Pilar (2006). "Masa Hayim: Una Homilía de Hayim Palachi" (PDF). Miscelánea de Estudios Árebes y Hebreos (MEAH): Revista del Dpto. De Estudios Semíticos (in Spanish). Granada: Universidad de Granada: 259–273. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  7. ^ Skolnik, Frank; Berenbaum, Michael, eds. (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume 15. Macmillan Reference. p. 574. ISBN 9780028659435.
  8. ^ Palache, Haim ben Jacob (2014). "On the Possibilities of Synagogue Reform: An Ottoman Rabbi's Answer to a Query in Paris (1869)". In Cohen, Julia; Stein, Sarah (eds.). Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700 1950. Stanford University Press. pp. 55–49. ISBN 9780804791434.
  9. ^ a b Shaw, Stanford J. The Jews of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic. p. 67 (synagogue), 170, 173–175 (dispute), 180, 183.
  10. ^ Rodrigue, Aron (1990). French Jews, Turkish Jews: The Alliance Israélite Universelle and the Politics of Jewish Schooling in Turkey, 1860–1925. Indiana University Press. p. 52. ISBN 0253350212.
  11. ^ Records , 1882–85, Volume 6. United States. Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims. 1882. p. 43. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  12. ^ Zandi-Sayek, Sibel (2001). Public Space and Urban Citizens: Ottoman Izmir in the Remaking, 1840–1890. University of California, Berkeley. p. 218.
  13. ^ Capuia, R. (1997). Los Muestros, Issues 22-1997. p. 6.
  14. ^ Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums. Engel. 1867. p. 640.
  15. ^ Gallanté, Abraham (1948). Collection of articles and pamphlets on the Jews in Turkey. p. 15.
  16. ^ Emecen, Feridun Mustafa (2009). Eski Çağ'dan günümüze yönetim anlayışı ve kurumlar. Kitabevi. p. 74. ISBN 9789754208146.
  17. ^ Spastics, Okşan; Demirel, Monika (2010). Jüdisches Istanbul. Mandelbaum. p. 183. ISBN 9783854763291.
  18. ^ Palaggi, Hayyim. The Jewish Encyclopedia. 1907. p. 467.
  19. ^ Klein, Reuven Chaim; Klein, Shira Yael (2014). Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew. p. 276.
  20. ^ Benaim, Annette (2011). Sixteenth-Century Judeo-Spanish Testimonies. p. 517.
  21. ^ "Rabbis Buried in Izmir, Turkey, During the Years: 5300 – 5620 (1540 – 1860 C.E.)". SephardicGen Resources. Retrieved 6 September 2016.