Jacob ben Ḥayyim Alfandari (1620 – 1695) was a
talmudic
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writer and
rabbi
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in
Istanbul
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in the 17th century. In 1686, he refers to himself as an old man. He was the author of a volume of ''responsa'' edited by his nephew
Ḥayyim the Younger (Istanbul, 1718), entitled ''Muẓẓal me-Esh'' (Plucked from the Fire), because it was saved from a conflagration which consumed most of the author's manuscripts. Others of his
responsa
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are printed in the collection of his father and in that of
Joseph Kazabi.
[Istanbul, 1736; see ]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.'' col. 1179
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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 ...
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17th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire
17th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire
Rabbis from Istanbul
1620 births
1695 deaths