Hayyim Tyrer

Hayyim ben Solomon Tyrer (Hebrew: חיים בן שלמה טירר‎) was a Hasidic rabbi and kabbalist. After he had been rabbi at five different towns, among them Mogilev, Czernowitz and Botoșani,[1] he settled in Jerusalem.[2]

He was the author of: "Sidduro shel Shabbat," kabbalistic homilies on Sabbatical subjects, Poryck, 1818; "Be'er Mayim Ḥayyim," novellæ on the Pentateuch, in two parts, Czernowitz, pt. i. 1820, pt. ii. 1849; "Sha'ar ha-Tefillah," kabbalistic reflections on prayer, Sudilkov, 1837; "Ereẓ ha-Ḥayyim," in two parts: (1) a homiletic commentary on the Prophets and Hagiographa, and (2) novellæ on the treatise Berakhot, Czernowitz, 1861.[1] He is mentioned by Sender Margalioth in his responsa on the Shulchan Aruch, Even Ha'ezer.[2]

He died at Jerusalem in 1813,[2] and was buried in a cave in the Jewish cemetery of Safed.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ארץ החיים (in Hebrew). OCLC 233085892. Retrieved May/13/13. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "ḤAYYIM BEN SOLOMON OF MOGHILEF or MOHILEV". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906. Retrieved May/13/13. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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