Years: 1800–1865
Primary city: Padua
Rabbi Shmuel David Luzzato, known by the acronym Shadal, was a professor and leader at the Collegio Rabbinico in Padua. He was a prolific author of commentaries on the Tanach, works on Hebrew grammar, and philosophical treatises. Through his teaching at the seminary for over thirty-five years, he trained generations of rabbis for the communities of Italy.