Journey to Italy 2025: Ancona - The Kever of the Son of Rav Shamshon Mirporgo

Okay, we're here in the cemetery in Anona. And in the middle of the cemetery, we have this at the kev of Rabio Yehuda, a descendant of the great poise who lived about 300 years ago, Rav Shamshin Muporo, Rav Shamshin Muporo, who was one of the greatest Italian po of all time. Rav Shamshin Maporgo as a young man, he's born in 1681. He learned by Raakovets and Raanasha. But then he went to learn by one of the great piskim of Venice from Abuhab was the the Abuhab was one of the great piskim here in Italy and then he learned from Rabihuda Brill in Mounta. Now it's very interesting. Rav Shamshin Porgo then went to Padwa and in Padwa there were many esteemed scholars who were philosophers and thinkers but Rav Shamsh Porggo did not find so to speak his calling in life in Padawa because although they were great and excellent in many disciplines but Rav Shamshin Moro yearned to be able to delve into the depths of the Talmud and the Piskim and just to learn philosophy and other disciplines was not satisfying. saying for Shamshin Moro. He wrote Shauch Shemesh Sedaka which is one of the greatest hakic authoritative work works of halaka of any of the Italian gdylam later on in Anona he be he met Ravo Piamata and then he became the son-in-law of Ravose Piamata. Now it's very interesting. There's a tradition here in Anona that of all the mak of all the traditionally they would come to pray. They would come they would come. It's a shame that we haven't been able to locate the actual of Shamshorggo. He wrote the Sodak on the four which was published postumously after his after his demise was the authority here in Anka and Kona and really for all Italian Jews. He was for 30 years and in this