Isaac Lumbroso [SEP] place of death
Isaac Lumbroso
Isaac Lumbroso (died 1752) was a chief rabbi of Tunis and rabbinical author.
He was prominent in Tunisian Jewry, being judge of the community about 1710, an epoch coinciding with the schism which divided the Jews of the city into two camps, native Tunisians and Gournis or Italians. Lumbroso was appointed rabbinical judge of the latter; and, being a man of means, he filled at the same time the position of receiver of taxes to the "bey", as well as that of "
Isaac Lumbroso, an important Talmudic commentary;
- Hoq Nathan (1776) by Nathan Borgel, an important Talmudic commentary;
- Migdanot Nathan (1778–1785) by Élie Borgel, series of commentaries on Talmudic treatises;
- Yeter ha-Baz (1787) by Nehorai Jarmon, new on the Talmud and the Mishneh Torah of Moses Maimonides
- Erekh ha-Shoulhan (1791–1891) by Isaac Taïeb, a book dealing with the laws and commenting on the Shulchan Aruch
- Mishha di-Ributa (1805)