Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia

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Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia (1660-1744), rabbinical authority; born in Hebron, Palestine; died at Tiberias, 1744. 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.

He is the author of several works: (1) "Mikrae kodesh" (Holy Convocations), Smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on Biblical and Talmudical themes; (2) "Yosef Lemad" (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.

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• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 820.

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• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain. The entry in the Jewish Encyclopedia was written by Meyer Kayserling.