Reuben Hoshke Ha
Kohen (Sofer) (died 3 April 1673) (
Hebrew: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a
Kabalist and rabbi of
Prague. "Hoshke," his father's name, is a
Polish diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by
G.B. De Rossi and
Zunz Zunz ( he, צוּנְץ, yi, צונץ) is a Yiddish surname:
* (1874–1939), Belgian pharmacologist
* Sir Gerhard Jack Zunz (1923–2018), British civil engineer
* Leopold Zunz (Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz) (1794–1886), German Reform rabbi an ...
[''Z. G.'' p. 402] for his family name.
He wrote:
*''
Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni
Reuben Hoshke Ha Kohen (Sofer) (died 3 April 1673) ( Hebrew: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a Kabalist and rabbi of Prague. "Hoshke," his father's name, is a Polish diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by G.B. De Rossi and Zunz''Z. ...
,'' a
kabbalistic
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...
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
midrash on the
Pentateuch arranged according to the order of the
parashiyyot
The term ''parashah'' ( he, פָּרָשָׁה ''Pārāšâ'', "portion", Tiberian , Sephardi , plural: ''parashot'' or ''parashiyot'', also called ''parsha'') formally means a section of a biblical book in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Heb ...
(Wilmersdorf, 1681)
* ''Davar Shebi-Ḳedushah,'' a manual of
asceticism
Asceticism (; from the el, ἄσκησις, áskesis, exercise', 'training) is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their p ...
and repentance (Sulzbach, 1684)
* ''Oneg Shabbat,'' cabalistic reflections on the
Sabbath
In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as G ...
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
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