Nachman Nathan Coronel

Nachman Nathan Coronel
Personal life
Born	1810 (1810) Amsterdam, Holland
Died	6 August 1890(1890-08-06) (aged 79–80) Jerusalem, Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Religious life
Religion	Judaism

Nachman Nathan Coronel (Hebrew: נחמן נתן קורונל, romanized: Naḥman Natan Koronel; 1810 – 6 August 1890) was a Jerusalemite Jewish scholar.

Biography

Coronel was born in Amsterdam to a Sephardic father and Ashkenazic mother. His teacher was Rabbi Abraham Susan. In 1830 he emigrated to Safed, Palestine, where he married, afterward settling in Jerusalem. There he studied in the Sephardic yeshiva. He became especially interested in rabbinical manuscripts, and acquired many rare copies, some of which he sold to European libraries, while others he published with his own annotations.

Coronel was awarded by the Emperor of Austria the gold medal for art and science.

Publications

• Bet Natan [The House of Nathan]. Vienna. 1854.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Containing a varied version of Berakhot, manuscripts of Cairo, and decisions by Isaiah di Trani the Elder, with an introduction by Coronel.
• Ḥamishshah Konterisim [Five Pamphlets]. Vienna. 1864. hdl:2027/hvd.32044088164140.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Containing a varied version of Kallah, decisions in jurisprudence by Solomon Tazerat, and a letter of excommunication by David the Exilarch.
• Seder Rav Amram Gaon. Warsaw. 1865. hdl:2027/nnc1.cu58938583.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Containing a liturgy of the geonic period.
• Teshuvot ha-Geonim [Responsa of Geonim]. Vienna. 1871. hdl:2027/mdp.39015069849233.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Rules for the slaughter and examination of animals, by Rabbi Jonah.
• Zekher Natan [Memory of Nathan]. Vienna. 1872. hdl:2027/osu.32435052686177.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Selected religious regulations for travelers.
• Piske Ḥalah. Jerusalem. 1876. hdl:2027/uc1.g0001598515.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Decisions by Solomon ben Adret in reference to appropriating ḥallah (the priests' share of the dough), and decisions by Jacob ben Zahal of Jerusalem. Coronel, in his own essay, Ḥakor Davar [Search out a Matter], attempted to establish a precedent for the exemption, like the Levite tithe, of the appropriation of ḥallah outside the Holy Land, for which he was rebuked by the rabbis of Jerusalem.
• Alfasi Zuta [The [Abridged] Alfasi]. Jerusalem. 1885.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) By Menahem Azariah da Fano, with Coronel's commentary.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Eisenstein, Judah David (1903). "Coronel, Naḥman Nathan". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 276–277.