Daniel Terni
Italian rabbi, poet, and Biblical commentator

Daniel Terni

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Italian rabbi, poet, and Biblical commentator
Gender:
Male
Places:
Italy
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Religious leaderRabbiWriterPoetReligious scholarBiblical scholar
Work field:
LiteratureReligion
Birth:
(Ancona, Province of Ancona, Marche, Italy)
Death:
1814(Florence, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy)
Residences
Ancona, Province of Ancona, Marche, Italy; Lugo, Province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; Florence, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy; Pesaro, Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Marche, Italy
Religions:
Judaism
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Daniel ben Moses David Terni (Hebrew: דניאל בן משה דוד טירני; 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

  • Se'udat Mitzvah. Venice. 1791. A collection of sermons for holy days and responsa.
  • Simḥat Mitzvah. Florence. 1793. A two-part dramatic poem commemorating the inauguration of a new synagogue in Florence.
  • Matenat Yad. Florence. 1795. A treatise on charity presented in sermon form.
  • Ikere Dinim. Florence. 1803–1806. A compendium of the laws in the Shulḥan Arukh (Oraḥ Ḥayyim and Yoreh De'ah). Also known as Iḳḳere ha-Da"t.
  • Derek Siaḥ. A collection of casuistic sermons.
  • En Ketz. A bibliographical work similar to Shabbethai Bass' Sifte Yeshenim.
  • Shem Olam. A commentary on the Pentateuch.