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Costa, Israele Di Emanuele
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Italian rabbi; born 1819; died 1897. He succeeded Abraham Baruch Piperno as rabbi of Leghorn in 1864. Of his works the following may be mentioned: "Sefer Bet ha-Zikkaron" (Maḥzor for Rosh ha-Shanah), with annotations, 1869; complete Sephardic Maḥzor, with Italian translation, 1892; The Zohar, in square Hebrew letters, with punctuation and vowel-signs, Leghorn, 1888; "Miḳweh Yisrael" (Hope of Israel), one hundred stories, 1851; "Yashir Yisrael" (Let Israel Sing), 1853; "'Arabim be-Tokah" (The Willows in Her Midst), 1880; "Ki Na'ar Yisrael" (For Israel Is a Lad), 1890; a Hebrew grammar for the use of children, several times reprinted; a Hebrew-Italian dictionary, in collaboration with the rabbis Funaroand Cabib, 1853; various remarks on the validity of the celebrated will of Caid Nissim Samama, 1877-78.
Costa was a Freemason, and reached the thirty-third degree. His Italian songs are very popular among the youth of the Jewish schools.
- S. Colombo, Alla Memoria del Rabb. Israel Costa, Leghorn, 1898.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Costa, Israele Di Emanuele'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/c/costa-israele-di-emanuele.html. 1901.
