Rav Abraham Aboab (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: אברהם אבוהב; 1263) was a 13th century Spanish Jewish aristocrat and founder of the

Aboab family The Aboab family (Hebrew language, Hebrew: אבוהב, ''Abuhav''; Arabic: ابوآب, ''Abuwab''; Turkish language, Turkish: Abuaf; Slavic languages, Slavic: Abuyav) is an old and distinguished Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Western Sephardic family, ...

. Possibly born in Pelof,

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

, not much is known of his early life. It seems that Aboab developed a very close relationship with

James I of Aragon James I the Conqueror ( es, Jaime el Conquistador, ca, Jaume el Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 1276 ...

, who in 1263 gifted Aboab a tower called Altea, with the surrounding dairy farms and all rights and privileges of ownership along with a heraldic achievement "Or, Five mullets placed in saltire gules". This was quite unprecedented for a 13th century Jew, and demonstrates the tolerant attitude of

. Aboab had one son

Isaac Aboab I Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham Aboab (Hebrew: רבי יצחק בן אברהם אבוהב; 1300) also known by his magnum opus, Menorat ha-Maor, was an early 14th century Spanish Talmudic scholar and Kabbalist. He is known for his intellectual approach ...

, who was a notable

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 ...

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Spanish Jews 13th-century Sephardi Jews