Rabbi Jacob ben Samuel Aboab (

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: רבי יעקב בן שמואל אבוהב; d. 1727) was an early 18th century

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rabbi and scholar. He is the son of

Samuel Aboab Rabbi Samuel ben Abraham Aboab (Hebrew: רבי שמואל בן אברהם אבוהב; – August 22, 1694) also known by his acronym RaSHA (רש"א, Rabbi Shmuel ben Avraham) was a 17th-century Western Sephardic rabbi and scholar, who is considere ...

Biography

Born into the

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around 1650 in

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. His father Samuel Aboab was the

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of Venice. A position which Rabbi Jacob occupied after his father's death in 1694. He edited and published, at the expense of his wealthy elder brother, David, publishing a collection of his father's works known as "Devar Shmuel" in 1702. He paid especial attention to Biblical antiquities and natural science and conducted an active literary correspondence with Theophil Unger, a pastor, who was an enthusiastic collector of Hebrew manuscripts. Aboab also maintained, from 1682 to 1692, a scientific correspondence with the learned imperial councilor Job Ludolf, at

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. Lastly, Rabbi Jacob wrote a number of rabbinical decisions, which are preserved in the works of others such as "Pahad Yizhak" by

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. Rabbi Jacob died in 1727 in Venice. His son Abraham, was also a rabbinic scholar in

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, whose descendants settled in

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