Samuel Albas (1697 – 1749) was a

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, Morocco. He was well read in the Talmud and in rabbinical literature, and was highly esteemed by Hayyim ibn Atar and others of his contemporaries. He composed

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s on the treatise 'Abodah Zarah of the Babylonian Talmud, which still exist in manuscript.

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1697 births 1749 deaths 18th-century Moroccan rabbis Religious leaders from Fez, Morocco {{Morocco-rabbi-stub