Meir bar Hiyya Rofe

Meir bar Hiyya Rofe

Meir bar Hiyya Rofe (17th century) was a Hebron rabbi, famous for his tours of Europe as an emissary from the Holy Land on behalf of the Jewish community of Hebron. His father was a very learned rabbi from Safed.[1]

References

  1. ^ Manasseh ben Israel; Henry Méchoulan; Gérard Nahon (May 1987). The hope of Israel. Published for the Littman Library by Oxford University Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780197100547. http://books.google.com/books?id=hp5tAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 

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