Moses Shabbethai Beer (Hebrew: שבתי משה באר, Italian: Moisè Sabbato Beer; died May 6, 1835) was an Italian rabbi. He was born in Pesaro, and he officiated as rabbi in Rome from December 1825.[2] He was admitted to interviews with Popes Leo XII and Gregory XVI in 1827 and 1831, respectively, in order that he might plead on behalf of his community.[3] This was the first time in the history of the Roman Jews that one of their representatives was permitted to appear in person before the pontiff.

Moses Shabbethai Beer
Personal
Born
Died(1835-05-06)6 May 1835
Rome, Papal States
ReligionJudaism
Jewish leader
SuccessorIsrael Moses Hazan[1]
PositionChief Rabbi of Rome
Began1825
Ended1835

Publications

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  • Gadol verav veram Napoleon (in Hebrew, Italian, and Latin). Tipographia della Società letteraria. 1809.
  • Beer, Moisè Sabbato (1837). Raccolta di no. 26 prediche, orazioni funebri e discorsi panegirici (in Italian).

References

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; Beer, Moses (1902). "Beer, Moses Shabbethai". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 635.

  1. ^ Morais, Sabato (1926). Greenstone, Julius H. (ed.). Italian Hebrew Literature. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America. p. 173.
  2. ^ Berliner, A. (1893). Geschichte der Juden in Rom von der ältesten Zeit bis zur Gegenwart. Vol. 1. Frankfurt: J. Kauffmann. pp. 121, 140, 144.
  3. ^ Gunzberg, Lynn M. (1992). Strangers at Home: Jews in the Italian Literary Imagination. University of California Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-520-91258-8.