Oct 15, 2026 · 22 min · 10 segments
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Isaiah 84 Shabsai Tzvi 1
And he died in the year 1676.
So basically he lived for 50 years.
And he was a Romano Jew, basically.
There's like Ashkenazi, there's Sfadi, there's Romani, and he was a Romani Jew.
These are basically Jews which lived in Italy, which their heritage goes back all the way to the Roman Empire.
They have their own nisich, they have their own menhugim and customs.
There's lots of gedoidim that we have that were from them.
There's Rabiwi Mezrachi, which is one of the main mefoshim that we have in Russia that comes from that community.
There is Rabbi Louis Kapsali, which was the side of Louis Zitter, which also comes from that community.
And this is where Shapsitsvi came from.
And he belonged to the community of the Svadim, which was predominantly from the Conversos, basically from the Jews that lived in Spain in 1492, when there was the edict of expulsion from Ferdinand and Isabella.
And instead of going out with the Barbanel and other Gdoilim and other Tzaddikim and other Yidin, they stayed there and they converted to Christianity.
And they belonged to that community.
His father was a businessman.
He had two brothers as well.
They were also businessmen.
They used to buy and sell stuff on the market.
And he learned Gemurah until he was about 18 to 19 years old.
And he died in the year 1676.
So basically he lived for 50 years.
And he was a Romano Jew, basically.
There's like Ashkenazi, there's Sfadi, there's Romani, and he was a Romani Jew.
These are basically Jews which lived in Italy, which their heritage goes back all the way to the Roman Empire.
They have their own nisich, they have their own menhugim and customs.
There's lots of gedoidim that we have that were from them.
There's Rabiwi Mezrachi, which is one of the main mefoshim that we have in Russia that comes from that community.
There is Rabbi Louis Kapsali, which was the side of Louis Zitter, which also comes from that community.
And this is where Shapsitsvi came from.
And he belonged to the community of the Svadim, which was predominantly from the Conversos, basically from the Jews that lived in Spain in 1492, when there was the edict of expulsion from Ferdinand and Isabella.
And instead of going out with the Barbanel and other Gdoilim and other Tzaddikim and other Yidin, they stayed there and they converted to Christianity.
And they belonged to that community.
His father was a businessman.
He had two brothers as well.
They were also businessmen.
They used to buy and sell stuff on the market.
And he learned Gemurah until he was about 18 to 19 years old.
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