Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia

Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia (b.1660 in Hebron, d.1744 in Tiberias), was a rabbinical authority. 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.^[1]

He is the author of several works:

"Mikrae kodesh" (Holy Convocations), Smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on Biblical and Talmudical themes;
"Yosef Lemad" (Increase of Learning), Smyrna, 1730-32, a work in three volumes on the Pentateuch;
"Yashresh Ya'akob" (Jacob Will Take Root), Smyrna, 1729; and
"Shebut Ya'akob" (The Captivity of Jacob), Smyrna, 1733, an elaborate commentary on the haggadic compilation "'Ein Yaakov," by Jacob ibn Habib and others.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 820.

References

^ J. Barnay, The Jews in Palestine in the eighteenth century, Uni of Alabama Press, 1990 p.149

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

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Name	Abulafia, Hayyim ben Jacob
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Date of birth	1660
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Date of death	1744
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