The Anteby Family History and Heritage
By
Dr Elioz Antebi Hefer
(Surname has several relevant
equivalents: Antebi, Anteby Antibi,
Entebi Enteby etc. As well as in Hebrew : ענתבי
ענתיבי עינתיבי etc…)
About the
family name
The Antebi's
family roots go back to the expulsion
from Spain in 1492. Some family elders claimed that we belong to a group of
Jews who stayed in the area since biblical times (called
"Musta'arevin" ) but neither of the assumption can be proved. Members of the family settled in a small
town Ein Tab which is situated in the Diar Bakir Turkish
district, the meaning of its Arabic name is "the Good Fountain". After the
Turk have concurred the area they have added a Turkish prefix to the name Eintab : "Gazi" which
means in Turkey "the conqueror". Thus
the modern name of the city is today Gaziantep .
After immigrating from Ein-Tab to Aleppo the
family was named Antebi (= derived from Ein Tab) , and the original Spanish (or
Musta'arev) name of the family was forgotten. Many members of this family were
famous Torah scholars, rabbis and leaders of the Jewish community in Aleppo
Damascus Egypt and Eretz Israel.
Finding the roots - conducting an historical inquiry back in time
My
"return travel" back in time
through 11 generations of ancestors
until the small historical town
"Ein Tab" has been
conducted for thirty years. I have collected along that way shreds of
information left by family elders : Memoires and autobiographies , childhood
stories , past newspaper articles collected carefully regarding different family members ,
photographs (though those were occasionally rare) Archive data, History books and research articles written about historical events in which the
family was involved . True valuable findings along time were rare old books,
which my ancestors the Rabies used , and sometimes even those written by
them 200 years ago and older. Those books were passed on from generation to generation and besides the sentimental value they symbol
they could contribute personal family data by dedications or remarks they had
on the first pages of the book.
Dedication remarks on 160 years old book of Rabbi Abraham Antebi , 6 generations
above me. The handwritten dedications contain genealogical data .
The Antebi
Family Origins
The first known
person of this family was Rabbi Rahamim Antebi (1554-1627). He was probably the
first to immigrate from Ein-tab to Aleppo hence received his family name there
.
The family
traditions about its origins before
rabbi Rahamim Antebi are disputed : most of the elderly claimed that our origin
before Ein-Tab is from Spanish Exile at 1492 . But some and my grandfather
among them have persistently claimed that our origins have lived at the area since the bible era (temple
time). One of their supporting evidence is that none of the elders new Ladino….
(the original Judeo-Spanish of the Sephardim).
lately I have seen
some historical researches which can support that family tradition : There are
evidences of Jews called "Mustaarev " ( pl Mustaarvin) which have
migrated locally but basically stayed in
neighboring countries without leaving it . i.e. – migrating from Israel (after the Roman have conquered the
area ) to north , south and so forth, they didn't have family
names since there wasn't any need for
such – Our Talmud and Gmara are filled
with Rabbis names that didn't have a family name. they were identified
by their father's name : e.g. Raban Shimon ben Gamliel. (=son of Gmaliel) Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakai
(son of Zakai) and many others… The Family name was needed only at a later
period when the authorities have
demanded citizen’s registrations , or for
census purposes. Therefore it might have been that the Antebi's were
there actually as claimed and lived for many generations in the northern border
of Syria (without an actual family name) and only when moving down to Aleppo
gained their surname as their place of origin.
Abraham Cohen
Tawil , A Jewish researcher have written a thoroughly article about
families who have reached EinTab on the
16th century with Spanish Exile. He even
could state their names. Since our
family received its surname
later on – I can't determine
whether we could be one of those mentioned in the article.
Finally I have taken
the majority side of elders
claiming being part of the Spanish exile
in that matter.
The first
forefather of our ancestry lineage is known to be Rabbi Rahamim Antebi born at
1554 (hence is probably grandson of the
Spanish deported who settled in Ein-Tab.
Since he has the Antebi Surname and no other family name we believe that he was
the first to immigrate to Aleppo . According to the family "massorah"
(oral tradition), he was a Rabbi and passed away in Aleppo . Aleppo (A large
north Syrian city today) has a very old Jewish congregation that is said to be
2000 years old
History can tell that the city was being conquered by the Yoav ben Zruya, army
commander of King David. So it is believed that Jewish settlement is from that
biblical era. .
The chronicles of
the famous traveler Rabbi Binyamin from Tudella have documented 5000 Jews in
Aleppo on 1173 A.C. !!
The oldest full
version of the Old testimony – Jewish bible was kept in Aleppo and known as the
Aleppo Codex (Keter Aram Zova) . Though it was originally written in Tiberias
1000 years ago ,
The family Massorah depicts the rest of the
lineage as well : Rabbi Yizhak Rahamim (son of R, Rahamim) 1624-1706, R.
Shabetai Yitzhaq (1669-1746) and R. Yizhaq Shabetai Antebi (1721-1804).
Pay attention to
the custom, which was still held in elder generations of the family .
The second first
name (or middle name) was the father's name therefore the assays written by
Rabbi Isaac Shabetai Antebi and
signed by him that way prove that he (Isaac) was actually son of Shabetai
Antebi.
The Antebi Family tree of first ancestral generations
Written by Dr. Elioz Antebi Hefer
R. Yitshak ben Shabetai Antebi (b. 1721 - d. 1804 in Aleppo) was one of the most important scholars of
Aleppo in the second half of the 18th century.
Author of the books "Ohel Yizhak" sermons, "Beit Av" , Novellae on Maimonides
"Yad Ha-Hazakah" and Joseph Caro's "Beit Yosef", and wrote
various responsa in "Halacha" questions.
Theses works were
published by his son R. Abraham b. Isaac, (1765-1858) who was chief Rabbi of
Aleppo for more than 40 years and a fertile author of 6 books himself
I don't have evidences
for the older generations , besides oral family traditions, which finally I have decided to accept as is
.
I have
concentrated the Antebi family story
around its main famous characters : Although most of them were Rabbis and are
known until this day in the religious population , Some , as Rabbi Jacob Antebi
, Abraham Albert Antebi , and Judah Haim
Antebi were famous playing an important role in general Jewish nation history .
Their involvement in historical affairs
assisted me obtaining some published materials : books , assays , articles research besides a rich
family tradition stories .
Rabbi Jacob Antebi, (1787-1847) son of R. David Yitzhak Antebi.
(and the nephew of Rabbi Abraham Antebi chief Rabbi for the Aleppo community )
was born in Aleppo. He served as chief Rabbi of the Damascus Jewish community
for 40 years as well and was their Halakhic authority.
R. Jacob himself
was appointed as the chief rabbi of Damascus in 1809, although the other
candidate, Rabbi Hayyim Nissim Abulafia, was Antebi's superior in learning,
age, and lineage. The leaders of the community were not interested in a rich
rabbi that might be too independent.
From the moment he
was appointed to the rabbinate, Jacob Antebi found himself at the mercy of the
communal oligarchy, of the Farhis in particular, who imposed harsh sanctions
whenever they saw that the rabbinical court, which Antebi headed, was preparing
to rule against them. Upon seeing that Antebi ruled against them, the Farhis
took extreme steps, questioning the authority of the rabbinic court, dismissing
Antebi from his post, and bribing Ottoman officials to have Antebi placed under
house arrest. Another prominent Damascus Jewish family, the Hararis, withheld
the rabbi's salary for two-and-a-half years because he spoke out against their
reduced religious observance and their refusal to accept his halakhic authority.
In spite of those
difficulties Rabbi Jacob has never gave up to his opposes and stayed in his
post for more than 3 decades… He corresponded with chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
Raphael Joseph Hazzan who endorsed his decisions . The great publicity given
the Damascus blood libel affair (1840) and the world reaction to it were
largely due to him
The Damascus
Blood Libel (1840) – and Rabbi Jacob
Antebi as Chief Rabbi of the community
On 5 February 1840
the Capuchin monk Thomas and his servant disappeared. Shortly thereafter rumors
were disseminated that they had last been sighted in the Jewish quarter,
further claiming that the two had been murdered in order to use their blood for
the Passover rites. Jewish leaders, including the Chief Rabbi Jacob Antebi were
arrested and tortured in order to coerce them to confess. Eventually, via the
intercession of Moses Montefiore , Adolph Crémieux, Solomon Munk and following
widespread diplomatic activity, their release was obtained
.
When the release
order arrived in Damascus in early September, the prisoners were freed without
due process. Rabbi Jacob Antebi sent to Moses Montefiore a detailed report
about the affair. This letter is included in the book "BeOr haHaim"
of Rabbi Haim Kapusi in the edition published (Jerusalem 1929) by Rabbi Abraham
Jacob Antebi. His report on the affair to Sir Moses Montifiore on 1841
has helped many historians to document the true stories of the entire
affair .
Rabbi Jacob
Antebi's true heroic character was proven on that affair and it is unbelievable
to learn how he could stand bravely in
his captors tortures .
Some of his responsa
are extant (Ben Zvi Institute no. 403 : Benayahu Collection) , and several
appear in the works of his contemporaries . He was also a poet , one of his
poems , composed on his release from prison deals with his salvation from the
blood libel . Some of his "pizmonim" (=liturgical poems) were recited
in the synagogues of Damascus although they were never published. In 1840 Jacob Antebi 
just completed thirty years in this post.
After his release
he resigned his post and moved to Jerusalem (1841) and was reckoned among the
city's important scholars , residing there until his death on 7 Tishrei 1846.
Rabbi Abraham Antebi (1765-1858) son
of Rabbi Yizhaq Antebi and an uncle of
Rabbi Jacob. was born in 1765 in Aleppo. Studied under his father as
under the Rabbis Isaac Berakhaa and Isaiah Dabah. A scholar of great erudition
and acumen. He wrote books on a variety of topics. He ruled his community with
a firm hand, making regulations , opposing the inroads of the wealthy , and
criticizing the failings of his generation . When his father died he succeeded
him , acting as rabbi of Aleppo and head of the Bet Din.
Abraham Antebi was
appointed as chief rabbi in Aleppo in 1817. His deputy for many years was Rabbi
Haim Mordecai Lebaton. Their joint tenure was marked by stability and by
efforts to strengthen the standing and authority of the rabbinical court, whose
status had been somewhat undermined by the Ottoman reforms, leaving only
matters of personal status under its jurisdiction. Rabbi Abraham Antebi's Torah
scholarship, the belief in his magic powers to bless or to curse, and the
initial confusion of the Jewish public in the wake of the reforms and their
implementation, prevented the erosion of the status of the chief rabbi and of
the rule of halakhah in the Aleppine community. He served approximately 40
years in his post. R. Abraham studied
Kabbalah and speculated in the date of redemption. His ethical publications
established his reputation as a moralist. He also wrote poems most of which
expressed the yearning for redemption and for the revelation of the Divine
presence. In Aleppo some of these were sung on Sabbath eves and on festive occasions , being
included in the Bakkashot books ! His learning was acknowledged in Eretz Israel
and Israel b. Samuel of Sklov solicited from him a commendation for his book
Pe'at Ha-Shulhan (1836) .Rabbi Abraham
was host to visiting Ashkenazi scholars and emissaries from Eretz Israel
and his works incorporated his learned discussions with them. His son Isaac ,
was also a distinguished scholar in Aleppo ,Rabbi Abraham was an eminent and
fruitful scholar. He is the author of :
- "Yoshev
Ohalim" (Leghorn (Livorno) 1825)
This
book is divided to two sections:
" Ohel Avraham ", sermons on the pentateuchal passages , on
the Exodus and on Passover , and "Ohel Yitzhak", containing some
sermons written by his father Rabbi
Yitzhak Antebi.
This
book was written in a time Rabbi Antebi was living in a tents camp outside Aleppo
with many other refugees who escaped from the city after it was destroyed by an
earthquake in 13 August 1822.
- "Penei
HaBayit" analytic commentary on the teachings of Rabbi Shelomo ben
Adrat (Rashba) with regard to the rules of slaughtering. In 1849 he
published another book bearing the same name "Penei haBayit"
consisted of original Torah thoughts. This book was bound also with his
father's book, "Bet Av", original thoughts on the Rambam
- In 1843 he
presented a new book "Mor ve'Aholot", a very rich Responsa on
variety topics.
- "Ohel
Yesharim" (Leghorn 1843) , exhortations for moral and spiritual
development, collected from many books and from the Midrashim. The most
important part of this book is the last one: "Shaar haShir",
against the custom of singing Arab flirtations songs.
- "Hokhma
U-Musar" (Leghorn 1850) , on ethical conduct , to which is added
"Derekh Hukkekha" laws of
the festivals (original thoughts and rulings on the laws of Passover) and
also contains Hukkei Nashim , matrimonial law based chiefly on the
responsa of David b. Solomon Abi Zimra.
- "Pnei
Ohel Moed" (Jerusalem 1959) containing two eulogies which were
delivered on the death of Rabbi Abraham Antebi death by Rabbi Haim
Mordechai Labaton and another unknown scholar. There are also Shabbat
sermons for Rosh haShana and for the " the special Sabbaths"
which are four in the year (the Shabbats before Yom Kippur, Purim, Pesah and
Shavu'ot).
Rabbi Abraham
Antebi works are an important source for
the cultural social and economic life of the Jews o f Syria . To this day
legends are current in praise of him and the wonders, which he preformed. One
of his famous poems "Im Hakham Libekha
Beni – Yismah Libi Gam Ani" אם חכם לבך בני ישמח לבי גם אני is still sang this days in Sephardic
synagogues on special occasions.
Rabbi Abraham
Antebi died Aleppo n 28 Tevet 1858. His son Rabbi Itshak was also a well-known
Rabbi in Aleppo.
Abraham
("Albert") Antebi
(1873-1919) grandson of Rabbi Jacob Antebi.
Albert was born to
this prosperous rabbinical family
in Damascus and was educated at the Alliance Israelite Universelle (AIU – כי"ח ) there. He was sent by
the Alliance to further his education in Paris . In 1896 he was appointed chief
assistant to Nissim Behar , director of the Alliance trade school and replaced
Behar when the latter retired in 1898. Antebi served as director of the
Alliance trade school and established a
workshop for hand weaving and many other hand crafts in Jerusalem. He was also instrumental in the
establishment of the new quarters in the city and was elected to the Jerusalem
District Council . Antebi was later appointed representative of I.C.A. (Jewish
Colonization association) in Eretz Israel besides being representative of "Alliance" (Alliance Israélite Universelle)
thus represented contacts with the Ottoman
authorities . Because of his knowledge of the Turkish language and way of life
, as well as his knowledge of the French, Arabic and Jewish Law he became chief spokesman of the Jewish
community. In one short sentence he may be summarized as a leader to the Jewish community in Eretz Israel and
representative for the authorities. He was close friend to Mayor Disingof ,
Abraham Elmaleh, and other known Zionist activists head of Zionism main
streams, although he has remained his opinions against Zionist action.
On the outbreak of
world war I , Antebi succeeded in persuading the commander in Chief in Syria ,
Jamal Pasha , to commute the sentence of banishment passed against leaders of
the Jewish community to 14 days
confinement to TIberias. Among those leaders
were David Ben Gurion (later on first prime minister of Israel) Menahem
Sheinkin , Yehuda Garzovski , Yakov Shlush, Avraham Elmaleh , Meir Dizingof,
Menashe Meirovitch , and Dr. Haim Bugrashov.
Albert has closed
a deal with Jamal Pasha , Jerusalem
Turkish governor to officially buy the western wall area for the Jews. He came
with that offer to the Jewish settlement that refused the deal because of their
suspicion toward the offer (sounded too good to be true and have cost big
amount of money). Imagine how Israel's history could have been different with
that Turkish – Muslim Kushan in hand.. Finally , It was Albert Antebi who has
succeeded to match between the great
love story between Itamar Ben Avi (Eliezer Ben Yehoda's son , He was the one
who renewed the Hebrew language), and Lea Abu Shedid from a highly respected Sephardic family .
This family has refused persistently to marry their daughter with the young
Ashkenazi fellow , until Albert has
intervened . Years later the family descendents have received a
gratitude letter from the legendary Prime Minister – David Ben Gurion for
having saved his life, asking the governor just to exile him out of the country
in order to trade his hang punishment as Turkish authorities intended to.
In 1916
Albert was exiled to Damascus because
of some vicious gossip of one of his
German opponents to the governor : As a matter of fact , Albert was one of the few who have struggled for
France, and the dragoman of the Embassy. He was therefore sent by the governor as
an enlisted soldier to the eastern Anatolia front to Diarbékir, under
the orders of Mustafa Kemal, he was then sent to jail in Constantinople in the
Blue Mosque at Constantinople. At the end of the war Hussseini and Nashashibi
asked him to be their representative to the authorities as a dragoman
at the French Embassy. Later on he was sent home by boat with all the refugees
- Jews as well as Armenians and Muslims. At the moment he was to embark with
his wife and the five remaining children – (one was in Frankfurt, two in Paris)
- he caught typhoid fever and was transferred to "the Maritim"
Hospital in Constantinople , where he died brutally.
Rabbi Yehuda Shabetai Rephael Antebi
(Y.Sh.R) (1809-1889)
Son of Rabbi Judah Antebi and a second nephew of Rabbi Abraham Antebi .
Rabbi. Y.SH.R is grandfather of my grandfather – (Jacob Mordechai Antebi) .
Born in Aleppo , and at the age of four, after both his parents passed away by
epidemic in the city , his uncle Rabbi Abraham Antebi, chief Rabbi of the city
raised him as his own son. Years later, around his 13th year after his
"Bar Mitzva" age, he was sent to his aunt in Safed to learn Torah by
the great Rabbinical authorities there. In Safed he became familiar with the
Kabbalic world as well. On 1839 he was registered in Dr. Eliezer Halevi first Census for the Jewish population in Israel.
Personal autograph of Rabbi Judah Shabetai
Rephael Antebi in one of his manuscripts.
Rabbi Yehudah
Shabetai ( or Y.Sh.R- יש"ר ) was appointed as an
emissary for the "Gola"
communities abroad by main Sephardic Rabbis
of the city. He has traveled twice in a mission to collect the
"Chaluka" money, which supported the Yeshiva Scholars of the city. At
those days – the travels were difficult and prolonged several years. In
his second mission he had reached Bombay
, India, and was a personal guest of David Sassoon ("Rothschild of the
East") . He became his close friend and was appointed the Rabbi of
"Benei Israel" Congregation in Bombay for several years.
A rare photo from
the middle of 19th century –The wealthy David Sasson from Bombay (sitting) and his
sons beside him.
David Sassoon was
a close friend to R. Judah Shabetai.
After completing his second
emissary mission , he returned rich and used his wealth for charity purposes :
rebuilding the city ruins and synagogues
after the famous earthquake of 1839 . People of Safed have called him "Massaiah" , because his long
yearning for the redemption and being a
warm philanthropist . He aided the rehabilitation of Safed after the 1837
earthquake , and also builds a synagogue, which bore his name.
The old
synagogue built Rabbi Judah Shabetai Rephael Antebi in Safed
It was known by Safed
people as "Keniss Antebi" Synagogue of the Antebi's and nowadays
called Shaarei Rahamim.
In his career
on he was appointed Rabbi and member of the Beit Hadin (the Rabbinical
court) in Cairo and was second to the president there. Y.Sh.R is mentioned it books and researches of the
historians of Yitzhq Ben zvi, (First president of Israel ) and Abraham Yaari .
His ceremony for The Great Shabat (the one before Passover) was published on
Beor Hachaim book in the appended Abir Yaakov part. Y.Sh.R (-Yashar) Antebi and
his wife Kadoun Antebi, have brought 8
children all became later on Rabbis . He passed away and was buried in Safed on
1889 .
Until this day
the small synagogue in the old Safed
city which he has built still exists and is called "Shaee
Rachamim"
Elihjah Rahamim Antebi (1852-1920) was the elder of those 8 sons, all
appointed Rabbis. One of those, Rabbi Israel Shmuel Antebi from Tiberias is the
great –grandfather of the author. R, Elihahu Rahamim years later became another
emissary of the Sephardic congregation. He wrote Ara'a de-Rabanan , sermons,
Derash Elliyahu , funeral orations : Tuv Taa'am and Imrei Shabat – all of which
are still manuscripts saved in libraries around the world.
Judah Haim Antebi
(standing) headmaster of Safed secondary school and his uncle Rabbi Abraham
Jacob Antebi (sitting) publisher of Beor Hachaim book , and son of Rabbi Judah
Shabetai Raphael Antebi.
Two sons of Elijah
Rahamim were prominent figures : Rabbi Raphael Menashe Antebi who was president
of the Rabbinical court in Haifa and his younger brother :
Judah Haim Antebi – of the first teachers in the beginning of the
20th century , to the Jewish new colonies of the Baron Rothschild
schools in upper Galillea, and soon after headmaster of some of those schools.
Years later he became a city council member of Safed , president of the
Sephardic community of the city and the Mizrahi headmaster of girls school in
Safed. He was the representative of the City and its surrounding colonies to
the first committee of Jews representatives in Israel . Judah was a personal
teacher to the Paykovitch family one of whom – Yigal Alon became Israel's
minister and acting prime minister from 10th till the 17th
governments
8 sons of Rabbi Judah Shabbetai Antebi. (produced by "Les
Fleurs de L'Orient " web site Geneological Data Base )
Rabbi Yosef Antebi son of Rabbi Jacob Antebi grandson of R. David
Yitzhak was born in Damascus in 1847. he was the youngest child of Rabbi Jacob
Antebi himself and was born after his death in Jerusalem. He lived some years in Cairo, Egypt and then
came to Jerusalem where he passed away in 26 Heshvan 1918. His son Rabbi David
Yosef Antebi published his father's book "Vayitsbor Yosef" (Jerusalem
1919), consisting primarily original thoughts and lectures on Bereshit, and
some other lectures that were delivered by the author in several occasions.
This was a short
summary on main figures in the Antebi family history, The short article cannot
hold lots of generations, but those who wish can broaden their knowledge
by further reading the book "Back
to Eintab" (Hebrew) :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2241427/-The-Antebi-Family-Heritage
and the below
bibliography.
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* My warm
thanks for Mr. Alain Farhi for his editorial contribution .
* And for Mrs. Elizabeth Antebi for her contribution to the summary
on Abraham Albert Antebi's biography
About the Author :
Dr Elioz Antebi Hefer ; Lives in Q. Tivon city , Israel.
Public Health Expert physician (M.D. B.Sc. M.P.H.) In Health
ministry .
Senior lecturer - Yezreel
Valey college. Awarded the 1993 Israels minister's of education prize for jewish culture research.
This days having his first
born who is the 12th Antebi family
generation…