Isaac Raphael Alfandari (died ca. 1690), son of Ḥayyim, and father of Ḥayyim the Younger, lived in
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ALFANDARI, ḤAYYIM BEN ISAAC RAPHAEL — (c. 1660–1733), kabbalist and rabbi. He lived at Brusa, Turkey, where in 1681 he met (Abraham Miguel Cardozo (Cardoso)(retrieve.do?inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=humboldt&tabID=&contentSet=GALE&docId=GALE%7CCX2587503957) . According to the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Alfandari — was a family of eastern rabbis prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries, found in Smyrna, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. The name may be derived from a Spanish locality, perhaps from Alfambra. The following is a list of the chief members of the… … Wikipedia
ALFANDARI — ALFANDARI, family originating in Andalusia, Spain, and claiming descent from the family of Bezalel of the tribe of Judah. After the Expulsion (1492) the family spread throughout the Turkish Empire and France. For many generations they were among… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ALFANDARI, JACOB — (c. 1620–1695), halakhic writer and preacher, the oldest son of Ḥayyim Alfandari the Elder, one of the leading scholars of Constantinople. Alfandari, who studied under his father, taught at a yeshivah. His disciples included Jacob Sasson.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KIMḤI, RAPHAEL ISRAEL BEN JOSEPH — (first half of 18th century), emissary of Safed. Kimḥi was born in Constantinople where he studied under . When his teacher moved to Ereẓ Israel in 1713 he followed him and settled in Safed, where he studied under Jacob Vilna Ashkenazi. In 1728… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hayyim Alfandari (the Younger) — Hayyim ben Isaac Raphael Alfandari the Younger (Hebrew: חיים בן יצחק אלפנדארק) was Rabbi in Constantinople during the latter half of the 17th and in the beginning of the 18th century. In his old age he went to Palestine, where he died. He was the … Wikipedia
Hayyim ben Jacob Alfandari (the Elder) — (1588 – 1640) (Hebrew: חיים בן יעקב אלפנדארק) was a talmudic educator and writer, teaching at Constantinople in 1618. He was the pupil of Aaron ben Joseph Sason. Some of his responsa were published in the Maggid me Reshit (He Tells from the… … Wikipedia
BURSA — (Brusa, formerly Prusa), city in northwestern Anatolia, capital of the Ottomans in the 14th century; afterward a provincial capital. According to seven Hebrew inscriptions from 820 C.E., Jews lived in Bursa in the Byzantine period. When Bursa was … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISTANBUL — ISTANBUL, city in N.W. turkey , on both sides of the Bosphorus at its entrance on the Sea of Marmara (for history prior to 1453, see constantinople ). Constantinople was taken from the Byzantine emperor in 1453 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Chief Rabbi — Chief Rabbinate redirects here. See also Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country s Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular… … Wikipedia
