Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal
Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal was an itinerant Palestinian rabbi and preacher. He is the first rabbi known to have visited the colonies that became the United States.
Rabbi Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal
Portrait of Ezra Stiles by Samuel King. Note the Hebrew Tetragrammaton in the blue circle on the wall to the left, and a book on the shelf with the Hebrew words "Talmud B", "Ibn Ezra", and "Rashi".
The history of Palestinian rabbis encompasses the Israelites from the Anshi Knesses HaGedola period up until modern times, but most significantly refers to the early Jewish sages who dwelled in the Holy Land and compiled the Mishna and its later commentary, the Jerusalem Talmud. During the Talmudic and later Geonim period, Palestinian rabbis exerted influence over Syria and Egypt, whilst the authorities in Babylonia had held sway over the Jews of Iraq and Iran. While the Jerusalem Talmud was not to become authoritative against the Babylonian Talmud, the liturgy developed by Palestinian rabbis was later destined to form the foundation of the minhag Ashkenaz that was used by nearly all Ashkenazi communities across Europe before Hasidic Judaism.
Plaque outside the burial cave of Jacob Berab (d. 1546), Safed
Raphael H. I. Carregal, 18th-century Palestinian emissary