- Joseph Fiametta
Joseph Fiametta [His name is written variously: Wolf, in the Latin transcription of his name, gives "Flamneta";
Eliakim Carmoly ("Hist. des Médecins Juifs," p. 237) has "Piamita"; andDelitzsch ("Zur Geschichte der Jüdischen Poesie," p. 74) gives "Piatita".] ben Solomon (died 1721) was an Italian rabbi atAncona .He was the father-in-law [Steinschneider says son-in-law.] of
Samson Morpurgo , rabbi of Ancona. He wrote: "Widdui," atonement prayers of the Italian rite, included in the "Tik ḳun Shobabim" ofMoses Zacuto , Venice, 1712; "Or Boḳer," containing prayers and seliḥot, Venice, 1709. He wrote also an approbation toNehemiah Ḥayun 's "'Oz le-Elohim," Berlin, 1713, and a panegyric poem onAbraham Cohen 's "Kehunnat Abraham," Venice, 1719.Among the Italian "
responsa " there is one regarding communal taxation signed byShabbethai Panzieri and Joseph Fiametta.References
* Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. iii., No. 976c;
*Julius Fürst , Bibl. Jud. i. 279;
*Nepi-Ghirondi , Toledot Gedole Yisrael, pp. 32, 333;
*Moritz Steinschneider , Cat. Bodl. col. 1460;
*Azulai , "Shem ha-Gedolim", ii. 144;
*Marco Mortara , "Indice", p. 22.Notes
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