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The Gagin Family
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Patronyme porté par une figure juive documentée du corpus (Empire ottoman) : Chaim Abraham Gagin.
Geographic origin: Empire ottoman
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Gagin — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/gaginVariants of the name (1)
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Notable figures
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Chaim Abraham Gagin
Chief Rabbi of Ottoman Palestine
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GAGIN
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- [Solomon Moses Hai Gagin (connu aussi sous ses initiales ):](#anchor4)
Famille rabbinique d'origine castillane qui émigra au Maroc en 1492, et au dix-huitième siècle en Palestine. Le plus ancien membre connu de cette famille est Ḥayyim Gagin, qui vers 1492 quitta la Castille et s'établit au Maroc. Il fut l'auteur de "'Eẓ Ḥayyim," ouvrage dans lequel il raconte ses dissensions d'avec ses contemporains rabbiniques. Voici les membres les plus importants vivant aux dix-neuvième et présent siècles :
Abraham Gagin :
Fils de Solomon Moses Hai Gagin ; actuellement vivant à Jérusalem. Avec son frère Isaac, il est coauteur de "El Cuento Maravilloso" (Jérusalem, 1886), recueil d'histoires morales en judéo-espagnol, avec des personnages rabbiniques.
Ḥayyim Abraham Gagin :
Grand-rabbin de Jérusalem ; décédé dans cette ville le 10 mai 1848. Il écrivit : "Minḥah Ṭehorah," novellæ sur le traité Menaḥot (Salonique, 1825) ; "Ḥuḳe Ḥayyim," responsa (Jérusalem, 1842). Il édita et rédigea les préfaces de "Sefer ha-Taḳkanot" (_ib._ 1842) ; du "Dibre Shalom" de R. A. Mizraḥi (_ib._ 1843) ; de la "Ḳedushat Yom-Ṭob" de Yom-Ṭob Algazi (_ib._ 1843) ; de "Ḳonṭres Emet me-Ereẓ Tiẓmaḥ," une défense, par Z. H. Lehren d'Amsterdam, du comité d'Amsterdam à Jérusalem contre des accusations de mauvaise gestion dans la distribution de la "halukkah" (Amsterdam).
Ḥayyim Palagi écrivit une élégie sur la mort de Gagin.
Isaac Gagin :
Fils de Solomon Moses Hai Gagin ; actuellement résidant à Jérusalem. Coauteur avec son frère Abraham Gagin de "El Cuento Maravilloso."
Solomon Moses Hai Gagin (connu aussi sous ses initiales ) :
Fils de Ḥayyim Abraham Gagin ; il vécut à Jérusalem au milieu du dix-neuvième siècle. Il publia deux ouvrages hébreux : (1) "Yismaḥ Leb," responsa, et (2) "Samaḥ Libbi," sermons (Ḥazan, "Ha-Ma'alot li-Shelomoh, p. 32).
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