About Daniel Terni
Lived 1760 – 1814 (aged 53–54). Daniel Terni was a rabbi, poet, biblical scholar and writer.
Daniel ben Moses David Terni (; 1760s–1814) was an Italian rabbi, poet, and Biblical commentator.
He was a native of Ancona, one of the three cities in the Papal States in which Jews were permitted to live. He was orphaned at a young age, and raised by his maternal grandfather Daniel Naḥamo, a student of Samson Morpurgo.
After teaching for some time in Lugo, he was called to the rabbinate of Florence.
Works A collection of sermons for holy days and responsa. A two-part dramatic poem commemorating the inauguration of a new synagogue in Florence. A treatise on charity presented in sermon form. A compendium of the laws in the Shulḥan Arukh (Oraḥ Ḥayyim and Yoreh De'ah). Also known as Iḳḳere ha-Da"t. A collection of casuistic sermons. A bibliographical work similar to Shabbethai Bass' Sifte Yeshenim. A commentary on the Pentateuch.
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Who was Daniel Terni?
Italian rabbi, poet, and Biblical commentator
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Daniel Terni was born in 1760 in Ancona.
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Daniel Terni died in 1814 in Florence.
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Daniel Terni was a rabbi, poet, biblical scholar and writer.
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