Hayyim ben Jacob Alfandari (1588 – 1640) was a
talmudic
The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cente ...
educator and writer, teaching at
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
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 Beginning), Constantinople, 1710, which contains also the
responsa
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of his son
Isaac Raphael, and which was edited by his grandson
Hayyim ben Isaac Raphael. His novellæ on several Talmudic treatises are still extant in manuscript.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
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Azulai, ''Shem ha-Gedolim,'' s.v.;
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Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim
Heimann (Hayyim) Michael (April 12, 1792 – June 10, 1846) was a Hebrew bibliographer born at Hamburg. He showed great acuteness of mind in early childhood, had a phenomenal memory, and was an indefatigable student. He studied Talmudics and rec ...
, No. 853;
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Steinschneider
Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – 24 January 1907, Berlin) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider ( 1782; ...
, ''Cat. Bodl.'' No. 4668.
See also
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Alfandari
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 ...
References
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1588 births
1640 deaths
17th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
Rabbis from Istanbul
Writers from Istanbul
Turkish Sephardi Jews
Sephardi rabbis
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