La preghiera per la salvezza dal terremoto del 1688 e altri componimenti per varie occasioni del rabbino di Lugo Yiṣḥaq Berekyah da Fano (III), in «Materia Giudaica», XXII (2017), pp. 159-170.

The great handwritten production drawn up by the Jews in Lugo, mainly from 17th to 19th Centuries, kept in the libraries of Europe, United States and Israel, is very important for the identification and reconstruction of the main protagonists and aspects of the local Jewish community’s everyday life. Among this abundant documentation, the unpublished manuscript 4101 from the Jewish Theological Seminary library in New York City contains a copy of an anthology of Jewish prayers composed by Rabbi Yiṣḥaq Berakyah Da Fano (III) (1676-1750) for various circumstances and festivals, produced in 1759. The transcription of the Hebrew text and the Italian translation by the author allow us to preserve the memory of this specific liturgical prayers, together with the memory of everyday events of inspiration and therefore worthy of commemoration. Moreover, this material contributes to enrich not only the cultural profile of the author and his illustrious family, but also the results of the studies carried out so far on Lugo’s internal sources that make the local Jewish community a very interesting case-study.