Biography
Rav Yosef Pardo (c. 5321/1561–Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 5380/1619), known in English sources as Joseph Pardo, was born in Salonika and made his way to Venice before 5349/1589, where he served as rav of the city’s Levantine community while also trading as a merchant. From Venice he moved on to Amsterdam, where he was appointed Chacham of the Beit Yaakov congregation founded by Yaakov Tirado — a post he held from 5357/1597 until his petirah. In 5375/1615 he founded the community’s society for orphaned girls and for providing dowries for kallahs, the Moher HaBetulot, and some of his piyutim were printed in the rare Imrei Noam (Amsterdam, 5388/1628).
With his wife Reina he had three sons: Yitzchak; Avraham, who was niftar in Yerushalayim; and David of Amsterdam, whose own son Yosef served as a chazan in England. Rav Yosef was niftar in Amsterdam on Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 5380/1619 and rests in the Beth Haim cemetery of the Sephardic community at Ouderkerk aan de Amstel.
Joseph Pardo was an Italian rabbi and merchant. He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, but went to Venice before 1589, where he served as rabbi to the Levantine community and also engaged in business. Later, he emigrated to the Netherlands and was appointed Hakham of the Bet Ya'akob congregation in Amsterdam founded by Jacob Tirado, holding office from 1597 until his death in 1619.
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