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Fresco, Moses
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Turkish Talmudist; born at Constantinople 1780; died there 1850. He succeeded Samuel Ḥayyim as ḥakam bashi (chief rabbi) of the Ottoman empire (1839). He is the author of a collection of responsa, "Yadaw shel Mosheh," Salonica, 1818, much quoted by the rabbis of the East.
Bibliography:- Franco, Essai sur V Histoire des Israélites de l'Empire Ottoman, pp. 151, 266.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Fresco, Moses'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/f/fresco-moses.html. 1901.