R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)

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Hoil Moshe
Name
R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi / Tedeschi, Hoil Moshe
ר' משה יצחק אשכנזי / טדסקי, הואיל משה
Dates1821-1898
LocationItaly
WorksCommentaries on all 24 books of Tanakh (links), מוסר המלכים‎, שמחת הרגל
Exegetical Characteristics
Influenced byShadal
Impacted on

Background

Life

  • Name – 
    • Hebrew name – R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (ר' משה יצחק אשכנזי)
    • Italian name – Moisè Tedeschi1
  • Dates – June 6, 18212 – June 17, 1898
  • LocationTrieste, Italy
  • Occupation – R. Moshe Ashkenazi worked as a teacher at the local Talmud Torah.
  • Family – For a full overview of the Hoil Moshe's family, see his autobiography, in שמחת הרגל, pp. 51-53.
  • Teachers – R. Shemuel Chayyim Zalman,3 Shadal
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Works

Torah Commentary

Characteristics

  • Topical – Hoil Moshe comments on about a sixth of the verses in the Torah.9 His commentary is selective in what it addresses, and is not a verse by verse commentary.10
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Textual Issues

The one and only edition of the Hoil Moshe was published by R. Moshe Ashkenazi himself. The autograph manuscript of the Torah commentary which was written in 1964 was recently owned by Michael Krupp, but was then sold,11 and we have not been able to discover its whereabouts.

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Significant Influences

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  • Teachers – Shadal12
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