DEBORAH ASCARELLI.—She was a native
of Rome, and wife of Rabbi Joseph. Ascarelli
and lived at the beginning of the 17th
century. Equally versed in Hebrew and in
Italian poetry, she wrote an Italian translation
of the sacred hymns by Mose Rieti,
which appeared at Venice in 1602. David
della Rocca, who in 1609 re-published this
version, devoted to the memory of the
translator a special work. She also translated
into Italian the hymn by Rabbi Bechai,
commencing with the words, “Saul
praise God,” the large Confession by Rabbi
Nissim, and tho “Seder Abodah,” in the
Sephardic ritual for the Day of Atonement.