Chaim Pinto
Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto (1748–1845) was the leading rabbi in the seaport city of Essaouira, Morocco, known in his lifetime as Mogador, Morocco.[1] Rabbi Pinto, himself born into a distinguished rabbinic family, had four sons, Rabbi Yehouda also known as Rabbi Haddan, Rabbi Yossef, Rabbi Yehoshiya and Rabbi Yaacov.[2]
Annually, on the anniversary of Rabbi Pinto's death, ( 26 Elloul 5605, in the Jewish calendar) Jews from around the world come on pilgrimage to pray at the rabbi's grave in the Jewish Cemetery of Essaouira.[3][4][5]
Rabbi Pinto is remembered as a man whose prayers were received in heaven in such a way that miracles resulted.[6][7]
The Chaim Pinto Synagogue, the building that was Rabbi Pinto's home, office and synagogue is preserved as an historic site.
Rabbi Pinto's followers and descendants have a number of synagogues worldwide, including the Pinto Center synagogue on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which was founded by Rabbi Yaacov Pinto.[8]
Contemporary descendants include Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto,[9] Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto of Ashdod, Israel, Rabbi David Pinto
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References
- ↑ The Sultan's Jew: Morocco and the Sephardi World, By Daniel J. Schroeter, Stanford University Press, 2002, pp.95-6
- ↑ http://www.haimpinto.com/
- ↑ http://www.pinto18.com/articles/art.asp?ID=113&SID=1&CID=1&MID=1
- ↑ http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/africa/morocco.html
- ↑ Jews celebrate hilloula of Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto western Morocco, Maghreb Arabe Presse
- ↑ The Story of Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto, by Juliette Megara, pp. 157 ff., in Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel, eds. Ḥayah Bar-Yitsḥaḳ, Aliza Shenhar-Alroy, 1993
- ↑ http://www.sephardivic.org/rabbi-pinto.html
- ↑ November 30, 2006, Rabbi Pinto’s miracles, By David Suissa, Jewish Journal
- ↑ http://www.balintlaw.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/64-The-Sage-of-Manhattan-By-Haim-Handwerker.html