Everything about Recanati totally explained
Recanati is a town and commune in the
province of Macerata,
Marche region of
Italy. Recanati was the hometown of world-famous tenor
Beniamino Gigli and poet
Giacomo Leopardi, which is why the town is known to some as "the city of poetry".
History
Recanati was founded around 1150 CE from three pre-existing castles. In
1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and in the 15th century was famous for its international fair.
In the March 1798 it was conquered by
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Jewish population
The city of Recanati had a fairly large Jewish population for hundreds of years. Among the scholars produced by the city were Rabbi
Menachem Recanati (1223-1290 CE) author of the
Kabbalistic work
The reasons of the Mitzvot. He was a student of Rabbi
Elazar Rokeiach (1165-1238) from
Worms,
Germany who was one of the Chassidei
Ashkenaz, a group of German
pietists. His work,
Sefer HaRokeiach, is a guide to
ethics and
halacha. wrote a mystical commentary on the
Torah. Rabbi Elazar Rokeiach was also the teacher of
Nachmanides, whom Rabbi Recanati quotes frequently in his work. Last names have been derived and changed to Racanati, for example Agostino Racanati
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