Joseph Fiametta Explained

Joseph ben Solomon Fiametta^[1] (died 1721) was an Italian rabbi at Ancona.

He was the father-in-law^[2] of Samson Morpurgo, rabbi of Ancona. He wrote: "Widdui," atonement prayers of the Italian rite, included in the "Tik ḳun Shobabim" of Moses Zacuto, Venice, 1712; "Or Boḳer," containing prayers and seliḥot, Venice, 1709. He wrote also an approbation to Nehemiah Ḥayun's "'Oz le-Elohim," Berlin, 1713, and a panegyric poem on Abraham Cohen's "Kehunnat Abraham," Venice, 1719.

Among the Italian responsa there is one regarding communal taxation signed by Shabbethai Panzieri and Joseph Fiametta.

References

• Book: Wolf, Johann Christoph. 1727. Bibliotheca Hebraea. Hamburg. Impensis Christiani Liebezeit. Latin, Hebrew. 3. 428. entry 976c (CMLXXVIc) R. Joseph Fiametta. ;
• Julius Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 279;
• Nepi-Ghirondi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, pp. 32, 333;
• Moritz Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1460;
• Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii. 144;
• Marco Mortara, Indice, p. 22.

Further reading

• 1 . Jewish Encyclopedia Fiametta, Joseph ben Soloman.

Notes and References

1. His name is written variously: Wolf, in the Latin transcription of his name, gives "Flamneta"; Eliakim Carmoly ("Hist. des Médecins Juifs," p. 237) has "Piamita"; and Delitzsch ("Zur Geschichte der Jüdischen Poesie," p. 74) gives "Piatita".
2. Steinschneider says son-in-law.