Rabbi Haim Isaac Carigal (born in Hebron, 1733, died in Barbados, 1777) was, indirectly, a significant influence on the development of Yale University in the late 1700s. A recent view of the old city of Hebron Hebron (Arabic الخليل al-Ḫalīl; Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן, Standard Hebrew Ḥevron, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥeḇrôn: derived from the word friend) is a town in the West Bank, in an area known in Israel as Judea. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ... Events and Trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet high. ...

In 1773, Carigal met the Reverend Ezra Stiles of the Second Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and the two became close friends according to Stiles' records. In addition to frequent intellectual conversations on biblical, historical, theological, and other related topics, Stiles also took advantage of the opportunity to improve his basic skills in the Hebrew language, feeling (as did many scholars of divinity in the period) that this was advantageous for study of the ancient Biblical texts in their original language. When he later became president of Yale College he brought this attitude with him, requiring all students to study Hebrew, delivering addresses in Hebrew, and placing the Hebrew words "Urim" and "Thummim" (אורים ותמים) on the Yale seal. 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Rev. ... A side street in Newport, Rhode Island, showing the historic buildings near the waterfront Newport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island. ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... Divinity is seen as the existence of some entity or entities which are greater than humankind. ... A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ... For the ancient city of Urim see Ur. ...

Little is known of Carigal, other than what Stiles records of their talks. Carigal was born in Hebron, Palestine and became a rabbi at age 17, after which he began a period of world travel which was to last over twenty years; although the reasons for his extensive travel are not recorded, at the time it was common for travelers to solicit funds for the long-standing religious Jewish community of Hebron from the Jews of the Diaspora. In 1752 he traveled to Egypt and Turkey; in 1757, he traveled to Italy, Austria, Bohemia, Germany, the Netherlands, and England; between 1761 and 1764, he traveled to Curacao, Amsterdam, Germany and Italy before returning to Hebron; in 1768 he visited France and England, in 1771 Jamaica, and in 1772 and 1773 Philadelphia, New York, and Newport. The term diaspora (Greek διασπορά, a scattering or sowing of seeds) is used (without capitalization) to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands, being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bohemia Historical map of Bohemia Bohemia is also a place in the State of New York in the United States of America: see Bohemia, New York. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Curaçao and Bonaire are two Caribbean islands Curaçao [pronounced koo-rah-sow] (population 150,000) is an island in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea, one of the Windward Islands of the Netherlands Antilles, a self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739. ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is the third largest city in Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea). ...

Stiles describes Carigal at the March, 1773 Purim service at the Newport synagogue as March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Purim (פּוּרִים Lots, Standard Hebrew Purim, Tiberian Hebrew Pûrîm: plural of פּוּר pûr Lot, from Akkadian pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from the plot of the evil Haman to exterminate them, as recorded in the biblical Book of Esther. ...

"dressed in a red garment with the usual Phylacteries and habiliments, the white silk Surplice; he wore a high fur cap, had a long beard. He has the appearance of an ingenious and sensible man"

and at the Passover services the next month as wearing Tefillin, also called phylacteries, are leather objects used in Jewish prayer, containing Biblical verses. ... A surplice (from the Late Latin superpelliceum; from super (over) and pellis (fur); sobrepellice in Spanish; surplis in French; cotta in Italian and Chorrock (choir coat) in German) comprises a liturgical vestment of the Christian Church. ... Passover, also known as Pesach or Pesah (פסח pesaḥ), is a Jewish holiday (lasting seven days in Israel and among some liberal Diaspora Jews, and eight days among other Diaspora Jews) that commemorates the exodus and freedom of the Israelites from Egypt; it is also observed by some Christians to...

"a high Fur Cap, exactly like a Womans Muff, and about 9 or 10 Inches high, the Aperture atop was closed with green cloth",

and singing in a "fine and melodious" voice. Thus impressed by Carigal, Stiles invited him and Aaron Lopez, a respected local Jewish merchant, to his home on March 30, 1773. The two immediately hit it off; according to Stiles' records they met 28 times before Carigal's departure 6 months later, to discuss a wide variety of topics ranging from the politics of the Holy Land to the mysticism of the kaballah. Carigal also tutored Stiles in the Hebrew language, to the point that they were to correspond extensively in Hebrew after Carigal's departure. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The phrase The Holy Land (Arabic الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah; Hebrew ארץ הקודש;, Standard Hebrew Éreẓ haQodeš, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÉreṣ haqQāḏēš; Latin Terra Sancta) generally refers to Palestine or the Land of Israel. ... The tree of life Kabbalah (קבלה Reception, Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah) is a religious philosophical system claiming an insight into divine nature. ...

Carigal subsequently became rabbi of Congregation Kaal Kodesh Midhi Israel in Barbados, where he remained until his death in 1777.

Stiles commissioned a portrait of Carigal by artist Samuel King for Yale.