Yisrael Moshe Chazan

19th-century scholar Yisrael Moshe Chazan, part of a Sephardic rabbinic family, was educated by his grandfather in Jerusalem, where he later served on a rabbinic court. Due to his compelling personality, Rabbi Chazan was asked to travel to fundraise for a new hospital. His reception varied in different cities, as some opposed the project, but his scholarship and character made an impression in Italy and he was asked to serve as chief rabbi of the Roman Jewish community. Similar positions in other cities followed, until illness brought him back in hopes of being buried in Israel; he died and was buried in Sidon.