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82: 347:) against those who associated with Hayyun and the lay leadership to issue bans against those who associated with Hagiz. This Rabbinate-lay leadership battle soon involved rabbis from across Europe as Hagiz rallied the Rabbis against Hayyun, perhaps as part of his life goal of reestablishing Rabbinic supremacy in Jewish affairs. After Hayyun was banished from Amsterdam, Hagiz would encounter him again during later fights against Sabbateanism in the 1720s and 1730s. Hayyun and Hagiz both wrote many books attacking each other on both personal and theosophical bases. 326:. His teacher Abraham Yitzchaki was a fierce anti-Sabbatean after the apostasy. Moses's maternal grandfather was probably a Sabbatean prophet, and under his leadership in Jerusalem the Sabbatean community grew. Moses' father-in-law Raphael Mordecai Malachi was a crypto-Sabbatean leader in Jerusalem and this perhaps led to his falling out with Hagiz. For much of Moses's travels after leaving Jerusalem, Malachi caused immense problems. 603: 220:. During Hagiz's lifetime, there was an overall decline in rabbinic authority which was the result of migration and assimilation, and Hagiz devoted his career to restoring rabbinic authority. His most prominent talent was as a polemicist, and he campaigned ceaselessly against Jewish heresy in an attempt to unify the rabbinate. 350:
Hagiz was instrumental in the Eastern European anti-Sabbatean campaigns of the 1720s and 1730s, writing letters and books against Sabbatean thinking, and rallying the support of communities throughout the Jewish world. Later, Hagiz would also be a major figure in the controversies concerning
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describes Hagiz in one letter as a person who loves to quarrel and eager to criticize people's works, and that in one instance he criticized an author in regards to a claim that turned out to be an old Jewish tradition predating the author many hundreds of years.
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Moses Hagiz was not only a great Talmudic scholar, but also a man of wider secular learning than most of the rabbis of his time. According to Wolf, who knew him personally, he understood several languages and was somewhat familiar with modern history (see his
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has been interpolated by later scribes (ib. No. 108). In regard to his character reports differ; some represent him as filled with sincere religious zeal, others as a contentious wrangler. Rabbi Yeshayahu Basan the mentor and staunchest defender of
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When Hagiz came to Amsterdam he immediately became embroiled in disputes with the Sephardic lay leadership, criticizing their lax religious observance and their anti-Rabbinic attitudes. When
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of his father. Somewhat later he went to Amsterdam, where he supported himself by teaching, and occupied himself with the publication of his works. In Amsterdam he made the acquaintance of
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Other works of his remained unpublished. He also wrote numerous prefaces to the books of others. His writings are signed "המני"ח", the letters of "Moses ibn Jacob Hagiz." (Among
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From an early age, Hagiz was exposed to both Sabbatean and anti-Sabbatean leaders. Moses's father Jacob was the leading rabbi in Jerusalem in 1666 and issued a ban against
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arrived in Amsterdam and the Sephardic community agreed to publish his books, Hagiz, with the help of Hakham Tzvi Ashkenazi, began a crusade against his apparent
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to collect a claim which his mother had against the congregation, but succeeded only in making bitter enemies who later persecuted him.
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describes him as a time-server, and even as religiously insincere, though he respected him as a friend of his father.
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Returning to Jerusalem, he was given letters of recommendation nominating him as a rabbinical emissary or
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Nos. 627 and 682); he advocated the study of secular sciences (ib. No. 114), and admitted that the
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was withdrawn, and Hagiz found himself in very straitened circumstances. He went to
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x., passim, especially pp. 479–482, where the older sources are quoted;
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The Pursuit of Heresy: Rabbi Moses Hagiz and the Sabbatian Controversies
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Moses Galante (grandfather), Hezekiah da Silva (brother-in-law)
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congregation, and assisted him in unmasking the impostor
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for this purpose. Arriving at Livorno, he secured from
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Restoring rabbinic authority, anti-Sabbatean campaigns
302:; he then returned to Palestine, settling first at 27:Talmudic scholar, rabbi, and writer (1671–c. 1750) 644: 496:was used in its ending form to represent the 611: 519: 513: 529:, New York: Columbia University Press, 14: 653:Sephardi rabbis from Ottoman Palestine 645: 430:(Amsterdam, 1713 and Wandsbeck, 1727) 317: 97:Daughter of Raphael Mordecai Malachi 420:for Jews (Amsterdam, 1697 and 1707) 24: 25: 694: 615:; et al., eds. (1901–1906). 484:on the land of Yisrael (ib. 1733) 416:on the religious significance of 668:18th-century rabbis in Jerusalem 625:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 601: 80: 639:, Megillat Sefer, Warsaw, 1896. 175:Talmudic scholar, rabbi, writer 678:Authors of books on Jewish law 593:pp. 117–122, Warsaw, 1896 584: 575: 559: 547: 13: 1: 581:Igros Ramchal, Igeres No. 145 506: 253:sent to obtain support for a 683:Shelichei derabonan (rabbis) 500:word "ibn", meaning son of) 406:, Amsterdam, 1697 and 1707; 223: 7: 234:Moses Galante (the Younger) 10: 699: 410:, Hamburg, 1711 and 1715) 298:Until 1738 he resided at 179: 171: 163: 109: 101: 93: 75: 63: 58:Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire 51: 46: 39: 32: 466:ethics (Wandsbeck, 1728) 358: 40: 622:The Jewish Encyclopedia 212:during the time of the 314:. He had no children. 482:Parashat Eleh Mas'ei, 70:Safed, Ottoman Empire 454:Perurei Pat haKemaḥ, 353:Moses Chaim Luzzatto 287:, then rabbi of the 156:Parashat Eleh Mas'ei 673:Rabbis from Hamburg 521:Carlebach, Elisheva 478:responsa (ib. 1733) 208:and writer born in 136:Perurei Pat haKemaḥ 572:3d ed., x. 479-482 446:commentary on the 192:(1671 – c. 1750) ( 627:Its bibliography: 543:on April 27, 2005 536:978-0-231-07190-1 472:ethics (ib. 1733) 470:Mishnaṭ Hakhamim, 460:(Amsterdam, 1727) 450:(Wandsbeck, 1726) 436:polemics against 318:Anti-Sabbateanism 312:Hezekiah da Silva 187: 186: 16:(Redirected from 690: 626: 605: 604: 594: 588: 582: 579: 573: 563: 557: 551: 545: 544: 539:, archived from 517: 476:Shetei ha-Leḥem, 464:Zeror ha-Hayyim, 392:novellae to the 366:Mishnat Hakamim, 281:Halakot Ketannot 275:, and edited at 146:Mishnaṭ Hakhamim 86: 84: 83: 30: 29: 21: 698: 697: 693: 692: 691: 689: 688: 687: 643: 642: 613:Singer, Isidore 602: 598: 597: 591:Megillat Sefer, 589: 585: 580: 576: 564: 560: 552: 548: 537: 518: 514: 509: 503: 444:Lekeṭ ha-Kemaḥ, 434:Sheber Posh'im, 424:Eleh haMitsvot, 390:Lekeṭ ha-Kemah, 361: 331:Nehemiah Hayyun 320: 306:, and later at 293:Nehemiah Hayyun 228:Moses' father, 226: 151:Shetei ha-Leḥem 141:Zeror ha-Hayyim 110:Notable work(s) 81: 79: 71: 68: 59: 56: 42: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 696: 686: 685: 680: 675: 670: 665: 660: 655: 641: 640: 634: 628: 617:"Hagiz, Moses" 596: 595: 583: 574: 558: 546: 535: 511: 510: 508: 505: 490:Sephardic Jews 486: 485: 479: 473: 467: 461: 458:Book of Daniel 456:commentary to 451: 441: 440:(London, 1714) 431: 421: 411: 385:Hagiz wrote: 360: 357: 339:Solomon Ayllon 319: 316: 285:Tzvi Ashkenazi 256:bet ha-midrash 225: 222: 185: 184: 181: 177: 176: 173: 169: 168: 165: 164:Known for 161: 160: 159: 158: 153: 148: 143: 138: 133: 131:Sheber Posh'im 128: 126:Eleh haMitsvot 123: 118: 116:Lekeṭ ha-Kemah 111: 107: 106: 103: 99: 98: 95: 91: 90: 88:Ottoman Empire 77: 73: 72: 69: 65: 61: 60: 57: 53: 49: 48: 44: 43: 37: 36: 33: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 695: 684: 681: 679: 676: 674: 671: 669: 666: 664: 661: 659: 656: 654: 651: 650: 648: 638: 635: 632: 631:Grätz, Gesch. 629: 624: 623: 618: 614: 609: 608:public domain 600: 599: 592: 587: 578: 571: 567: 562: 555: 550: 542: 538: 532: 528: 527: 522: 516: 512: 504: 501: 499: 495: 491: 483: 480: 477: 474: 471: 468: 465: 462: 459: 455: 452: 449: 445: 442: 439: 435: 432: 429: 425: 422: 419: 415: 412: 409: 408:Eben ha-'Ezer 405: 401: 397: 396: 395:Shulhan Arukh 391: 388: 387: 386: 383: 381: 376: 371: 367: 356: 354: 348: 346: 345: 340: 336: 332: 327: 325: 324:Sabbatai Zevi 315: 313: 309: 305: 301: 296: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 258: 257: 252: 251: 245: 243: 239: 235: 231: 221: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 157: 154: 152: 149: 147: 144: 142: 139: 137: 134: 132: 129: 127: 124: 122: 119: 117: 114: 113: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 89: 78: 74: 66: 62: 54: 50: 45: 38: 31: 19: 663:1750s deaths 620: 590: 586: 577: 569: 561: 553: 549: 541:the original 525: 515: 502: 494:Nun (letter) 487: 481: 475: 469: 463: 453: 443: 433: 428:commandments 423: 413: 407: 403: 399: 393: 389: 384: 365: 362: 349: 342: 335:Sabbateanism 328: 321: 297: 280: 254: 248: 246: 227: 197: 189: 188: 155: 150: 145: 140: 135: 130: 125: 120: 115: 658:1671 births 637:Jacob Emden 554:Bibl. Hebr. 426:on the 613 414:Sefat Emet, 404:Yoreh De'ah 400:OraH Hayyim 380:Jacob Emden 279:(1704) the 230:Jacob Hagiz 190:Moses Hagiz 105:Jacob Hagiz 76:Nationality 34:Moses Hagiz 18:Moses Ḥagiz 647:Categories 507:References 289:Ashkenazic 214:Old Yishuv 172:Occupation 121:Sefat Emet 418:Palestine 224:Biography 218:Amsterdam 210:Jerusalem 204:scholar, 180:Relatives 556:iii. 908 523:(1990), 202:Talmudic 200:) was a 198:משה חגיז 47:Personal 41:משה חגיז 610::  448:Mishnah 375:Luzzato 265:Livorno 261:Rosetta 238:Livorno 67:c. 1750 570:Gesch. 533:  498:Arabic 438:Hayyun 300:Altona 277:Venice 250:shadar 194:Hebrew 102:Parent 94:Spouse 85:  566:Grätz 370:Zohar 359:Works 344:herem 308:Safed 304:Sidon 273:Italy 242:Safed 206:rabbi 531:ISBN 492:the 402:and 269:Vega 64:Died 55:1671 52:Born 649:: 619:. 568:, 355:. 196:: 398:( 20:)

Index

Moses Ḥagiz
Ottoman Empire
Hebrew
Talmudic
rabbi
Jerusalem
Old Yishuv
Amsterdam
Jacob Hagiz
Moses Galante (the Younger)
Livorno
Safed
shadar
bet ha-midrash
Rosetta
Livorno
Vega
Italy
Venice
Tzvi Ashkenazi
Ashkenazic
Nehemiah Hayyun
Altona
Sidon
Safed
Hezekiah da Silva
Sabbatai Zevi
Nehemiah Hayyun
Sabbateanism
Solomon Ayllon

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