Bella Ḥazzan, , was an 18th-century

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writer. She was the daughter of the

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Be'er ben Hezekiah ha-Levi Horwitz and wife of Joseph ben Ḥayyim Ḥazzan, who died at

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in 1713. In 1705 she published ''Geshikhte des hoyzes Dovid'' (). In conjunction with Rachel bat Nathan Porges (), she edited a history, mostly legendary, of the

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, entitled ''Eine shone geshikhte, zo izt geshehen, ehe nokh Yehudim tsu Prag gevohnt'' ( yi, איינע שאָנע געשיכטע, זאָ איזט געשעהען עהע נאך יהודים צו פראג געוואהנט, translation=One Beautiful Story). She also wrote a '' teḥinah'' for the

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