Abraham Lévy-Bacrat (אברהם הלוי בקראט;

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1492–1507) was a rabbinical author of the beginning of the sixteenth century. Expelled from Spain in 1492, he settled at

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, where in 1507 he wrote ''Sefer ha-Zikkaron,'' a supercommentary on

Rashi Shlomo Yitzchaki (; ; ; 13 July 1105) was a French rabbi who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible. He is commonly known by the List of rabbis known by acronyms, Rabbinic acronym Rashi (). Born in Troyes, Rashi stud ...

. The manuscript remained unprinted till 1845, when it was discovered in a Jewish library in Tunis. The work has several prefaces, one of which, written by the author himself, recounts his sufferings at the time of the expulsion from Spain.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

* David Cazès, ''Notes Bibliographiques sur la Littérature Juive Tunisienne''

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Levy-Bacrat, Abraham Jewish writers 16th-century Spanish rabbis 15th-century births 16th-century deaths Jews expelled from Spain in 1492