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Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia (born 1660 in
Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia (born 1660 in Hebron
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, died 1744 in Tiberias
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, Ottoman Syria
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) was a rabbi
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nical authority. He was the grandfather of Hayyim ben David Abulafia and grandson of Isaac Nissim aben Gamil. Abulafia was a rabbi in Smyrna
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, where he instituted many wholesome regulations. In his old age (1740) he restored the Jewish community in Tiberias
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.
He is the author of several works, including:
# "Mikrae Kodesh" (Holy Convocations), Smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on Biblical and Talmudical themes;
# "Yosef Lekach" (Increase of Learning), Smyrna, 1730–32, a work in three volumes on the Pentateuch
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# "Yashresh Ya'akob" (Jacob Will Take Root), Smyrna, 1729; and
# "Shebut Ya'akob" (The Captivity of Jacob), Smyrna, 1733, an elaborate commentary on the haggadic
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compilation "' Ein Yaakov," by Jacob ibn Habib and others.
References
Its bibliography: * Steinschneider, ''Cat. Bodl.'' col. 820. 1660 births 1744 deaths 17th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire 18th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire Rabbis in Hebron Sephardi rabbis from Ottoman Palestine People from Tiberias Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Tiberias Rabbis in Ottoman Galilee Shelichei derabonan (rabbis) {{MEast-rabbi-stub