Shu"t Rosh Yosef
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Rabbi Yosef Escapa
Rabbi Yosef Escapa
1572 CE–1662 CE · Acharonim · Salonika
A leading Sephardic posek and rosh yeshiva in Izmir (Smyrna), he was a student of R' Chaim Benveniste's father and the primary teacher of Shabsai Tzvi before excommunicating him. He was renowned for his halachic responsa and served as the chief rabbinical authority of the Izmir Jewish community.
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Stop 1 of 31572–1570Born
Uskup
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Born in Uskup (Skopje), European Turkey, probably named after this place; descendant of a family from Castile that settled in Salonika.