Il Possesso della Eccmo. Signor Mose Israel Hazzan.

(ITALY)

Tipografia Menicanti

Rome

c. 1847

Italian text. Includes prayer for the welfare of Pope Pius IX.

Born in Smyrna, Hazzan (1808-63) grew up in Jerusalem where he studied under his grandfather and was in 1842 appointed a member of its Beth Din. Later he spent many years abroad, initially in order to raise funds for the benefit of the impoverished Jews of Jerusalem, but in each location he stayed to serve as rabbi. R. Hazzan’s travels took him to Rome (1847-54), Corfu (1854-59) and Alexandria (1859-62). He eventually returned to Eretz Israel, settling in Jaffa before traveling to Beirut to seek medical attention where he died and is buried.