Hayyim ben Isaac Raphael Alfandari ( he, חיים בן יצחק אלפנדארק; 1660–1733) was
rabbi
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in
Constantinople during the latter half of the 17th and in the beginning of the 18th century. In his old age he went to
Palestine
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, where he died. He was the author of ''Esh Dat'' (A Fiery Law), a collection of homilies printed together with his uncle's ''Muẓẓal me-Esh'' in Constantinople, 1718. Several short treatises by him are published in the works of others.
Azulai speaks very highly of him as a scholar and as a preacher.
He is a member of the notable
Alfandari family.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
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Michael
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, ''Or ha-Ḥayyim,'' No. 854;
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Steinschneider, ''Cat. Bodl.'' col. 821.
References
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Rabbis from Istanbul
Sephardi rabbis in Ottoman Palestine
17th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
18th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
1660 births
1733 deaths