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PARDO, DAVID SAMUEL BEN JACOB — (1718–1790), rabbinical author and poet. Born in Venice, he went to Sarajevo for a time as a result of a dispute over an inheritance, and from there to Spalato, in Dalmatia. From approximately 1738 he was a teacher of children, at the same time… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
YOSE BEN YOSE — (fourth or fifth century C.E.?), the earliest liturgical poet known by name. saadiah mentions him as foremost among the famous poets of antiquity (Arabic introduction to the Iggaron, and Hebrew translation, ed. A. Harkavy, in Zikkaron la Rishonim … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AVILA, ELIEZER BEN SAMUEL BEN MOSES DE — (known from the initials of his name as Rav Adda ; 1714–1761), Moroccan rabbinical scholar; son of samuel avila , born in Salé, Morocco. His commentaries on the Talmud, written while he was still a youth, are noteworthy for their acumen and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABULAFIA, ḤAYYIM BEN JACOB — (II) (c. 1660–1744), rabbi, known as the Second. He is grandson of hayyim ben jacob abulafia the First. About 1666 the Abulafia family moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, where Hayyim studied with Moses Galante and others. In 1699 he went on a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
YOM TOV BEN ABRAHAM ISHBILI — (Asbili; i.e., of Seville; known as Ritba – from the initial letters of his Hebrew name Rabbi Yom Tov Ben Abraham; c. 1250–1330), Spanish talmudist. Famous already in his youth as a scholar, he studied in Barcelona under aaron ha levi of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ANKAWA, ABRAHAM BEN MORDECAI — (b. 1810), rabbi and kabbalist. Ankawa was born in Salé (Morocco). His family, probably of Spanish origin, had settled in Tlemcen (Algeria) and in Salé, where his father, Mordecai, was president of the community for a time. After serving as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤAYYIM BEN ABRAHAM HA-KOHEN — (c. 1585–1655), kabbalist, born in Aleppo. His ancestors went to Ereẓ Israel after the expulsion from Spain (1492) and later settled in Aleppo. Ḥayyim was the disciple of Ḥayyim Vital during his last years in Damascus, and he left an… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN ALEXANDER KATZ OF KALISK — (Kalisz; 1741–1810), ḥasidic leader in Poland and Ereẓ Israel. He was a disciple of dov baer of Mezhirech. According to ḥasidic tradition he first studied under elijah b. solomon , the Gaon of Vilna. He joined the Talk, an ḥasidic conventicle… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN BENJAMIN ZE'EV BRISKER — (d. 1700), Lithuanian author and preacher. After the decree of expulsion from Lithuania in 1655 Abraham went to Vienna, where he became a pupil of R. Shabbetai Sheftel horowitz . After the expulsion of the Jews from Vienna in 1670 Abraham… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN DOV OF MEZHIRECH — (known as ha Malakh ( the Angel ); 1741–1776), ḥasidic sage. A contemporary who watched Abraham on the Ninth of av bewail the destruction of the Temple, remarked: Then I understood that it was not in vain that he was named by all the Angel, for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism