Tzadikim

Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham Uziel

Isaac ben Abraham Uziel (died 1 April 1622, Amsterdam) (Hebrew: יצחק בן אברהם עזיאל‎) was a Spanish physician, poet and grammarian, born at Fez, Morocco

Born: Fez, Morocco, 1550
Died: Amsterdam, Holland, 1622
 

Isaac ben Abraham Uziel (died 1 April 1622, Amsterdam) (Hebrew: יצחק בן אברהם עזיאל‎) was a Spanish physician, poet and grammarian, born at Fez, Morocco. At one time he held the position of rabbi at Oran, Algeria, but late in life he left that city to settle in Amsterdam, where he opened a Talmudical school which counted among its pupils Manasseh ben Israel and Isaac Aboab da Fonseca. Dissatisfied with the laxity in religious matters which he noticed among many members of the Sephardic community, Uziel delivered a series of lectures which led to the foundation of a new congregation under the name of "Neveh Shalom". In 1610, at the death of Judah Vega, the first rabbi of the new congregation, Uziel was called to the rabbinate.

Uziel was the author of a Hebrew grammar, Ma'aneh Lashon, edited by his pupil Isaac Nehemiah at Amsterdam in 1627 (2nd ed. 1710). He left also in manuscript many Hebrew and Spanish poems (Libros Poeticos en Declaracion de Todos los Equivocos de las Sagradas Letras); these are highly praised by De Barrios, who represents the author as a great poet, an able musician, and a distinguished mathematician. Joseph Serrano dedicated a poem to Uziel; it is inserted in the Temime Derek.

May the merit of the tzadik Isaac ben Abraham Uziel protect us all. Amen

 

Light a virtual Candle
  • Soul Elevations

    • שיינה מינדל בת ר' יחיאל הלל
    • aaa ben ggg
    • aaa ben ggg
    • William Yady ben Avraham
    • רבי יחיאל הלל בן רבי יעקב
    • Luis Papito ben Avraham
  • Healing

    • Oneida Yanira bat Milila
    • Yocheved Rut Lorie bat Sarah
    • Miriam bat Sarach
    • NICOLLE bat PILAR
    • Jana bat Linda
    • Gabriela bat Oneida Yanira
    • ANGEL ISAAC ben TERESA
    • Joel ben Midge
    • Itzhak ben Sarah
    • CECILIA bat CONSUELO
  • Success in life

    • Elisheba bat William Yady
    • Natalia Nechama Feyga bat Lazar
    • Ingrid bat Horst
    • Daniel ben Moshe
    • Daniel ben Shimon
    • Alberto ben Alberto
    • David ben Ernesto
    • Isaac Benyamin ben Mordechai
    • Yaakov Bourla ben Itzhak
    • NICOLLE bat JUVENAL-SAMIL
    • Oneida bat Candido Jesus
    • JOSE ben RAUL
    • Yaakov ben Itzhak
    • George Gershon ben Vladimir and Natalia.
Light a virtual Candle


Hillulot | Biographies | Prayers | Virtual Candle