Pardo was born in
Venice on 29 March 1719 and died in Jerusalem in 1792. He was the son of Jacob Pardo of
Ragusa, rabbi of Venice. After finishing his studies, Pardo left Venice and went to Ragusa. He then lived for some years in
Sarajevo, where he devoted himself to teaching. From Sarajevo he went to
Split,
Dalmatia, where Rabbi Abraham David Papo engaged him as teacher at the
yeshivah. After the death of Papo's successor, Isaac Tzedakah, Pardo was elected chief rabbi of the city. Among his disciples were Shabbethai Ventura, David Pinto, and Abraham Curiel. In 1764 Pardo accepted the position of
chief rabbi at Sarajevo, where he succeeded Joshua Isaac Machoro. He employed his leisure time in writing and publishing various works. Toward the end of his life he went to Jerusalem, where he died. Pardo married a young woman of Split, who aided him in literary labors. They had three sons, named Jacob,
Isaac, and Abraham, and one daughter. The last-named married
Abraham Penso, author of the
Appe Zutre (Salonica, 1798). Abraham Pardo married a daughter of the great Rabbi
Hayyim Joseph David Azulai. Isaac succeeded him as rabbi of Sarajevo. ==Works==