Israel Yaakov Algazi

Rabbi Israel Yaakov Algazi (1680-1757) was a Jewish rabbi of Izmir and Jerusalem, who served as Rishon Letzion for the last few years of his life.

Biography

He was born to Rabbi Yom Tov Alghazi and grew up in Izmir. He studied with Rabbi Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia and Isaac HaKohen Rapoport.

In Izmir, he initiated the printing of the Kabbalistic book Hemdat Yamim (of unknown authorship, but which some attribute to Rabbi Israel Yaakov Alghazi himself).[1]

In the year 5495 (1734-1735) he moved to Ottoman Palestine. He studied in the Beit El kabbalistic yeshiva. He was a member of the beit din of R' Eliezer Nachum. He served as the head of "Yeshivat Neve Shalom Brit Avraham" in which the greatest Jewish scholars of Jerusalem learned.

The Rishon Letzion Nisim Haim Moshe Mizrahi died in 1749. In 1749[2] or 1755[3] Alghazi was appointed Rishon Letzion in his place.

Alghazi died on 10 Tammuz 1757, and was buried in the "Kehal Hasidim" section of the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery, near the grave of R' Shalom Sharabi.[4]

His son, R' Yom Tov Algazi, was also appointed Rishon Letzion.

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References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116083145/http://www.datshe.co.il/konditon/2010/06/17/%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%90-%D7%9C%D7%94/
  2. Jewish Encyclopedia: Israel Yaakov Algazi
  3. The Daily Sage: Israel Yaakov Algazi
  4. Mount of Olives
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