Abraham ben Jacob Cansino — was a seventeenth century Spanish Jewish poet. He is the author of Aguddat Ezob (A Bunch of Hyssop), a collection of poems and rhetorical compositions, in three parts, praised very highly by Isaac Cansino and David Abu al Khair. Abraham Cansino… … Wikipedia
Abraham ben Jacob — Ibrāhīm ibn Yaʿqūb (arabisch إبراهيم بن يعقوب الإسرائيلي الطرطوشي, DMG Ibrāhīm b. Yaʿqūb al Isrāʾīlī aṭ Ṭurṭūšī hebräisch: אברהם בן יעקב Abraham ben Jacov), war ein Gesandter des Kalifen von Córdoba aus dem muslimisch geprägten Tortosa… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ASHKENAZI, ABRAHAM BEN JACOB — (1811–1880), Sephardi chief rabbi of Ereẓ Israel. Ashkenazi was born in Larissa, in Greece, but c. 1820 his family settled in Jerusalem where he studied under Samuel Arvaẓ, and was successively appointed a dayyan in the bet din of Benjamin… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MOTAL, ABRAHAM BEN JACOB — (1568–1658), rabbi and dayyan of Salonika. Motal was born in Salonika, where he studied under Samuel Ḥayyun and Solomon ha Kohen, whose works he transcribed. He served first as head of the yeshivah of the Old Lisbon community of the city, and on… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SABA, ABRAHAM BEN JACOB — (d. c. 1508), Spanish exegete, preacher, and kabbalist. On the expulsion of the Jews from spain , Abraham settled in Oporto (Portugal), where he wrote commentaries on the Pentateuch, the Five Scrolls, and on Avot. When the forced conversion of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BALI, ABRAHAM BEN JACOB — (second half of the 15th to the beginning of the 16th century), Karaite author and physician living in Turkey. Bali was a pupil of the Rabbanite R. Shabbetai b. Malchiel ha Kohen. Although disagreeing with the Rabbanites, Bali refers with respect … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Abraham ben Abraham — (hébreu : אברהם בן אברהם), né comte Valentin (Walentyn) Potocki [1], est un personnage à l existence disputée : noble polonais converti au judaïsme orthodoxe et condamné par l Église catholique à périr sur le bûcher pour avoir renoncé à … Wikipédia en Français
Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne — (c. 1110 ndash; 1179) was a Provençal rabbi, also known as Raavad II, and author of the halachic work Ha Eshkol ( The Cluster ).Abraham ben Isaac was probably born at Montpellier. His teacher was Moses ben Joseph ben Merwan ha Levi, and during… … Wikipedia
Abraham ben Abraham — Abraham ben Abraham, also known as Count Valentine (Valentin, Walentyn) Potocki (Pototzki or Pototski), is a legendary figure who is claimed to have been a Polish nobleman of the Potocki family who converted to Judaism and was burned at the stake … Wikipedia
ABRAHAM BEN MOSES BEN MAIMON — (1186–1237), theologian, exegete, communal leader, mystical pietist, and physician. Little was known about him prior to the discovery of the cairo genizah , which has preserved many of his writings, in part autographic. Born in Fustat, Egypt, on… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
