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(Sofer) (died 3 April 1673) (

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: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a Kabalist and rabbi of

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. "Hoshke," his father's name, is a

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diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by G.B. De Rossi and

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work (an imitation of the ''Yalḳuṭ Ḥadash'') containing a collection of sayings taken from other kabbalistic works and arranged in alphabetical order (Prague, 1660) * ''Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni ha-Gadol,'' (ילקוט ראובני הגדול) a kabbalistic

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on the

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arranged according to the order of the parashiyyot (Wilmersdorf, 1681) * ''Davar Shebi-Ḳedushah,'' a manual of

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and repentance (Sulzbach, 1684) * ''Oneg Shabbat,'' cabalistic reflections on the

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laws, followed by an appendix entitled ''Derek Ḳabbalat Shabbat'' (ib. 1684).

References

Its bibliography: *Lieben, Gal 'Ed, German part, p. 41; Hebrew part, p. 36; * Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2138; *Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 412. 1673 deaths Kabbalists 17th-century Bohemian rabbis Rabbis from Prague Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature Year of birth unknown {{Europe-rabbi-stub