Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia

Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia
Personal life
Born1660
Hebron, Ottoman Palestine
Died1744
Tiberias, Ottoman Syria
Nationality Ottoman Empire
OccupationRabbi
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationJudaism
Main work
  • "Mikrae Kodesh"
  • "Yosef Lekach"
  • "Yashresh Ya'akob"
  • "Shebut Ya'akob"
Old Yishuv
A sepia photograph shows three elderly Jewish men sporting beards and holding open books, posing for the camera. Against a backdrop of leafy vegetation, the man in the centre sits, wearing a black hat and caftan, while the two others stand, wearing lighter clothes and turbans.
Jewish community in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem under Ottoman rule
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Abulafia Synagogue, Tiberias

Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia (born 1660 in Hebron, died 1744 in Tiberias, Ottoman Syria) was a rabbinical authority. He was the grandfather of Hayyim ben David Abulafia and grandson of Isaac Nissim aben Gamil. Abulafia was a rabbi in Smyrna, where he instituted many wholesome regulations. In his old age (1740) he restored the Jewish community in Tiberias.[1]

The tomb of Rabbi Abulafia in the old cemetery of Tiberias.

He is the author of several works, including:

  1. "Mikrae Kodesh" (Holy Convocations), Smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on Biblical and Talmudical themes;
  2. "Yosef Lekach" (Increase of Learning), Smyrna, 1730–32, a work in three volumes on the Pentateuch;
  3. "Yashresh Ya'akob" (Jacob Will Take Root), Smyrna, 1729; and
  4. "Shebut Ya'akob" (The Captivity of Jacob), Smyrna, 1733, an elaborate commentary on the haggadic compilation "'Ein Yaakov," by Jacob ibn Habib and others.

References

  1. ^ Barnay, J. (1992). The Jews in Palestine in the eighteenth century. University of Alabama Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-8173-0572-6.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kayserling, Meyer (1901–1906). "Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:


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