- Solomon Nissim Algazi
Solomon Nissim Algazi was
rabbi inSmyrna and inJerusalem in the 17th century. He must not be confused with his grandson and namesake, a rabbi inEgypt in the 18th century. Solomon Algazi was a prolific writer on all topics ofrabbinical literature , and has won distinction by his treatment ofTalmudic hermeneutics and methodology.His attempts to rationalize Talmudic
Aggadot , while not scientific in a modern sense, still prove him to have been superior to the average Talmudist of his age. His best work is his Talmudic methodology, "Yabin Shemu'ah" (He Will Elucidate the Message), which is written in the form of a commentary toYeshu'ah Ha-Levi 's "Halikot 'Olam" (Venice, 1639; Leghorn, 1792). He wrote two other works on Talmudic methodology; namely, "Halikot Eli" (The Ways of My God; Smyrna, 1663), and "Gufe Halakot" (Principles of Halakah; Smyrna, 1675). Algazi was also the author of:
* "Ahabat 'Olam" (Everlasting Love), a series of homilies (Constantinople, 1642; Dyhernfurth, 1693)
* "Hamon Rabbah" (The Great Multitude), an index of the Biblical passages quoted inMidrash Rabbah (Constantinople, 1644)
*"Zehab Sebah" (The Gold of the Hoary Head), on TalmudicHaggadot , (Constantinople, 1683)
*"Leḥem Setarim" (Secret Bread), Talmudic novellæ (Venice, 1664)
*"Me'ullefet Sappirim" (Overlaid with Sapphires), selections from theZohar (Smyrna, 1665; Amsterdam, 1703)
*"Raẓuf Ahabah" (Inlaid with Love), or "Apirion Shelomoh" (Solomon's Palanquin), notes on theTosafot to the haggadic passages in the Talmud (Smyrna, 1659; Amsterdam, 1710)
*"Ta'awah la-'Enayim" (A Delight to the Eyes), notes on the Talmudic Haggadot (Salonica, 1655; Sulzbach, 1687)Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography
*Azulai, "Shem ha-Gedolim", p. 82
*Steinschneider, Moritz, "Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana", col. 2277
*Fürst, Julius, "Bibliotheca Judaica", i. 37, 38.External links
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Gotthard Deutsch .References
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