XVIIth century CE

Rabbinic scholar and physician of Palestine, active in Safed around 1627. Versed in astronomy and philosophy, he is the author of a commentary on the Pentateuch entitled « Perush 'al ha-Torah ».

Rabbi and printer of Amsterdam, he pleaded with Oliver Cromwell for the readmission of the Jews to England (1655), from which they had been expelled in 1290. His work The Hope of Israel linked the…

Born Manoel Dias Soeiro in a family of Portuguese Marranos, he founded in 1626 the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam. Rabbi and polymath, he corresponded with Christian scholars of his time…

Polish author, born in Brzeszticzka (Volhynia), died in 1612. He is the author of « Ḥokmat Manoaḥ », Talmudic glosses printed in the Cracow Talmud edition (1602-5) then separately in Prague in 1602…

Son of Diego/Abraham Senior Teixeira, he inherited the position of resident minister and financier to Queen Christina of Sweden, and was head of the Hispanic-Portuguese congregation (Talmud Torah) of…

Italian musician, born in Venice in 1686, died in the same city in 1739. He is particularly famous for his musical settings of the psalms, published in Venice between 1724 and 1727 in eight volumes…

First Jewish court singer in Germany, active in the late 17th century. She lived with her father, Isaac Marcus, in Wesel (Brandenburg), where Frederick of Brandenburg, future king Frederick I of…

Italian rabbi of the seventeenth century, died in 1670, sole rabbi of Padua to survive the plague of 1631, which decimated the community; his wisdom and eloquence contributed to the restoration of…

Italian Talmudist and liturgist of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, whose name, according to S. D. Luzzatto, would mean « from Arles ». Head of the yeshiva of Mantua, he takes part in the…

Sephardic Hakham and shadar, student of the great rabbis of Izmir R. Ḥayyim Abulafia and R. Yitzhak ha-Kohen Rappaport, with whom he emigrated to Jerusalem. Appointed Chief Rabbi of Tripoli, he led…

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Rabbi of Hebron, emissary (shadar) to Europe for his community.

German liturgist, probably active in Posen towards the end of the seventeenth century, author of the « Meïr Elohim », a collection of biblical verses to be recited upon entering the synagogue…

Ottoman rabbi

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Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yosef II. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 80-4.

Rabbi, seventeenth century. Died in 5371 of the Hebrew era (1611). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 80-4.

German rabbi of Frankfurt and Fulda (Maharam Schiff), celebrated for his Talmudic novellae.

German rabbi

Rabbi of Rabat, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 80-4.

Hebrew-writing author of the seventeenth century, who lived in Szczebrzeszyn (Russian Poland) during the terrible years of 1648-49 and fled to Krakow during the Cossack invasion; there he publishes…

Talmudist, rabbi in Modena (1642) and then in Ferrara (1655). He left works that remained in manuscript (unpublished), including a Shelom ha-Bayit and Ḥiddushim (Talmudic novellae). Responsa from the…

Rabbi and Talmudic commentator, author of the halakhic work Ateret Zekenim.

Polish rabbi and preacher, died in Altona in 1681. First rabbi of Vladislav (government of Suwałki), then dayyan in Cracow, he published « Neḥamot Ẓiyyon » (Frankfurt-on-Main, 1677), a collection of…

Danish portraitist, born in Copenhagen in 1690, died in Dresden on 26 December 1765. Trained in miniature and enamel painting in Lübeck, he traveled in Germany, Italy and Austria before being…

Poet and Chief Rabbi of Venice in the 17th century, one of the signatories of the decision concerning the warehouses of Ferrare. A Hebrew poem by his hand appears in the « Ḥanukkat ha-Bayit » of…

Talmudic scholar of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, author of the « Mar'eh Meḳom ha-Dinim » (Krakow, 1647), an alphabetical index of the Shulhan Aruch. Also known by the name « Phoebus », he…

Hakham of Spanish and Portuguese Jews in England, born in 1688, died on 8 May 1751. Appointed hakham in 1744 in succession to Isaac Nieto, he celebrated in 1747 the latter's second marriage, then in…

Chief Rabbi of Algiers in the late seventeenth century, author of sermons with philosophical content. His reputation for Talmudic erudition earned him comparison to the masters Ravina and Rav Achi in…

Rabbi of Constantine surnamed El Hasid, author of the Torah commentary Zera Emet.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 85-3.

Rabbi of Fez, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yaakov. Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 85-4.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 85-1.

Rabbi of Rabat, 17th century. Mentioned in 5434 of the Hebrew era (1674). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 85-2.

Rabbi of Rif, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-2.

Rabbi of Meknes, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-2.

Rabbi of Safi, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 84-4.

Rabbi of Tafilalet, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 84-3.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 85-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of David. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-1.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 84-4.

Jew converted to Christianity, born in Hamburg in the second half of the 17th century, died in Belgium around 1738. Baptized in Bremen, he became a missionary and published several works hostile to…

Rabbi and Palestinian liturgist, active in Jerusalem in the 17th century. He wrote an index of the laws of the Shulḥan Arukh, "Moreh Ẓedeḳ" (Salonika, 1655), and he is also attributed a collection of…

Christian theologian and German Hebraist, born in Klettenberg on July 26, 1668, died in Halle on March 10, 1738. Trained in Ethiopian under Ludolf in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, he became assistant…

Cantor and poet, born in Selichow (Little Poland) in the 17th century, hence his other name Juda ben Moïse Selichower, died at an advanced age in Altona or Hamburg on May 26, 1751; hazzan in…

German rabbi, born around 1620 in Vienna, died on 28 November 1706 in Altona. Expelled from Vienna with his family during the banishment of Jews in 1670, he emigrated to Berlin and was elected in…

Poet, born in Mantua on August 1, 1679, died in the same city on June 10, 1727, accomplished linguist sent by the community to pay homage to Emperor Charles VI in Vienna. Encouraged by the rabbi of…

French liturgical poet, active in Carpentras toward the end of the seventeenth century, author of several poems published in the "Seder ha-Tamid" (Avignon, 1760), a collection of prayers used in…

Polish physician, active in Kalisz in the second half of the 17th century. He wrote in Yiddish two medical works, « Yerushat Mosheh » (Frankfurt am Main, 1677) and its sequel, « Yarim Mosheh »…

Scholar and preacher of the late 17th century. He is the author of a commentary on the Pentateuch with notes on Rashi, "Wa-Yiktab Mosheh" (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1694), and "Ḳodesh la-Adonai,"…

Lithuanian rabbi, probably born in Brest-Litovsk in the early 17th century, died in Grodno on April 28, 1681, maternal grandson of R. Höschel of Brest-Litovsk. He became in 1673 chief rabbi and head…

Galician author of the late seventeenth century, residing in Zolkiew. He wrote « Sugyot ha-Talmud », a methodology of the Talmud and its commentaries (Zolkiew, 1693), translated into Latin by H. I.…

Rabbi of Aussee (Moravia) in the second half of the seventeenth century, nephew of Mordecai Jaffé. He writes « Holek be-Derek Tamim » (Frankfurt-on-Oder, 1680), explanation of a psalm, and « Pene…

Disciple of Joseph Caro in Safed, ordained rabbi and author of kabbalistic writings.

Talmudist and polemicist, defender of rabbinic authority and opponent of Sabbatianism.

Rishon LeZion and Hakham Bashi, head of a great yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Rabbi and Kabbalist, born in Frankfurt am Main, died in Pinczów (Russian Poland) in 1682 (or 1662 according to Wolf). Disciple of Aaron Samuel Kaidanover in Talmud and of Jacob Temerles in Kabbalah,…

Rabbi and Hebrew grammarian Sephardic of Amsterdam, prolific author.

Exegete, active in Prague in the first half of the seventeenth century, whose name is a matronymic derived from "Sarah". He published the Pentateuch and the Five Scrolls with glosses in Judeo-German…

Born in Amsterdam in a Marrano family of Portuguese origin, student at the yeshiva Ets Ḥaïm, he became one of the great kabbalists and Jewish poets of Italy. Rabbi in Venice (c. 1645–1673) then in…

Dutch financier and statesman of the 17th century. Settled in Amsterdam in 1679 as financial agent of King John III of Poland — which contradicts the assertion of De Barrios that Molo was a Spanish…

American scholar whose dates of birth and death vary according to sources: circa 1683 in Algiers and 1764 in Northborough (Massachusetts) according to Hannah Adams, or 1680 and 1761 according to…

Marrano traveler of the seventeenth century, Antonio de Montezinos claimed to have encountered, around 1641 near Quito in Ecuador, indigenous populations practicing Jewish rites and reciting the…

Marrano, physician and poet, he openly returned to Judaism in Holland around 1605, at an advanced age; to celebrate his reintegration he composed tercets in Spanish. His presumed relative Tamar…

Dutch ritualist, active in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 17th century, disciple of Abraham Rovigo whose commentary on the Zohar, the "Eshel Abraham", he arranged and corrected, published with the…

Grand Rabbi of Cairo, preacher and biblical exegete, active in the seventeenth century, died in Jerusalem. He is the author of the "Darke No'am" (Venice, 1698), a collection of responsa on the four…

Commentator, active in the late 17th century, rabbi of Dobří (Bohemia). His commentary on the Pentateuch, « Ma'amar Mordekai » (Dyhernfurth, 1719), was edited by his son Juda Löb, sexton of Breslau.

Polish commentator, died in Krakow in 1670, disciple of Shabbethaï Sheftel. His most important work is a commentary on the Targum Jonathan and the Targum of Jerusalem, « Ḳeṭoret ha-Sammim »…

Rabbi and German kabbalist, active in Darmstadt and Düsseldorf, author of responsa.

Judeo-Persian poet, author of Maaseh Pillegesh ba-Givea versifying Judges 19-21.

Rabbi, decisioner and kabbalist born in Meknès, emigrated to Jerusalem; author of Zoveah Toda.

Son of Itshak, rabbi in Fez in the late seventeenth century. Author of two manuscript commentaries on the Torah, « Harouzim shel séder » and « Parashot ».

Rabbi of Meknes, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 87-1.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 17th century. Mentioned in 5457 of the Hebrew era (1697). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi, 17th century. Mentioned in 5445 of the Hebrew era (1685). Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 86-3.

Rabbi of Fes, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 87-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 86-3.

Italian convert from Judaism to Christianity, born in Venice in 1612, died in 1687, descendant of a family traced, according to family tradition, to Nehemiah, and exiled from Spain at the time of the…

Rabbi, physician and Italian liturgist, born in Gradisca (Austria) in 1681, died in Ancona on April 12, 1740, holder of a medical degree from Padua. He published in 1704 a philosophical gloss on…

Lithuanian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Vilna, author of the Helkat Mehokek on the Even ha-Ezer.

person associated with Hebrew manuscripts

Jewish biblical commentator, physician, scholar, and Kabbalist from Italy

Traditional ruler

British businessman, founder of a synagogue in London

rabbi

Rabbi active in Prague, Leipnik then Worms, author of responsa.

Rabbi, seventeenth century. Died in 5380 of the Hebrew era (1620). Son of Yitshak. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 91-3.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-3.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Died in 5381 of the Hebrew era (1621). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-4.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 93-3.

Rabbi of Tetuan, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-1.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Abraham. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-1.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Haim. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 93-2.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-3.

Rabbi, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-4.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yosef. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-1.

Rabbi of Meknès, 17th century. Mentioned in 5435 of the Hebrew era (1675). Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-1.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96-2.

Rabbi of Fès, seventeenth century. Died in 5382 of the Hebrew era (1622). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 89-4.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Shalem I. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 96–1.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 95-4.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Mentioned in 5458 of the Hebrew era (1698). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 88-4.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-2.

Rabbi of Ksar el-Kébir, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 90-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yaakov. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 93-3.

Rabbi of Meknès, seventeenth century. Born in 5403 (1643), died in 5483 (1723) of the Hebrew era. Son of Haim. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 94-4.

Turkish rabbi of the 17th century, born around 1568, died in 1658, student of R. Samuel Ḥayyoun and probably of R. Salomon ben Abraham Cohen. Director of the yeshiva of the ancient Lisboete community…

Turkish scholar of the first half of the 17th century, renowned as an exceptional grammarian whose grammatical works have not survived. He edited the collection « Tummat Yesharim » (Venice, 1622),…

Rabbi of Constantinople, active in the mid-seventeenth century. He writes « Yashir Mosheh » (Livorne, 1655 ; Amsterdam, 1735), commentary on the « Azharot » of Isaac ben Reuben Albargeloni, and a…

Spanish scholar and author, died in Venice in 1629. He writes in Spanish a treatise on prayer and knowledge of oneself and God, « Tratado de la Oracion y Meditacion y Conocimento Proprio y del Dio »,…

Physician and philologist of the 17th century, who called himself Dionysius in his Latin writings, born around 1606, probably in Spain, died in Amsterdam in 1675. Established as a physician in…

Hasidic leader

Polish-German rabbi born in Ostrov, Poland, in 1649, died in Constantinople in 1719. Made prisoner by the Tatars in 1663, he succeeded his father as rabbi of Ostrov then was called to the rabbinate…

rabbi and Kabbalist of German-Russian origin

Rabbi of Metz and father of physician Tobias Cohn, died in Metz in 1659. Rabbi and physician in Narol, in Galicia, he had fled to Germany during the Cossack uprising of 1648; he is the author of the…

Rabbi in Mainz and then Hamburg, in the middle of the seventeenth century. He is the author of the « Shikhat Leket », a supplement to the « Yalkut Hadash » collecting the aggadot and Kabbalistic…

Chief Rabbi of Tunisia, author of Hoq Nathan; founder of the Borgel dynasty.

Jewish theologian known for having been the prophet of the false messiah Sabbataï Tsevi (1643-1680)

Rabbi in Hotzenplotz then in Austerlitz in the seventeenth century. He is the author of the « Hok Natan », published in Cracow in 1609 with a preface by Phinehas b. Israel ha-Lévi Horowitz, and of a…

Italian poet born in Orvieto in 1607, Nathan Jedidia ben Eliezer paraphrased in 1625, while he was in Siena, three confessions (widouyim) in Hebrew terza rima — that of Baḥya, following the line of…

Moldavian rabbi

Provençal liturgist whose period and place of birth are unknown. He is the author of a didactic poem in fifty-eight sections, « Totzeot Hayyim », published in « Shete Yadot » by Menahem di Lonzano in…

Italian rabbi of Piedmont, author of a collection of responsa which he named "ʿEzer Yaʿaḳob" after his father and which he dedicated to Abraham Rovigo. Born in the 17th century in Chieri, died in…

Rabbi of Karlsruhe, author of the halakhic commentary Korban Netanel.

Rabbi in Casale-Monferrato in 1650. Responsa from his hand are preserved in manuscript in the collections of David Kaufmann in Budapest and of the Jews' College in London.

Rabbi of Fez, 17th century. Mentioned in 5451 of the Hebrew era (1691). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 98-3.

Bosnian rabbi

Polish kabbalist and Sabbatean preacher, died in Amsterdam shortly after 1690, or, according to another version, in Poland in 1682. Sent in 1666 by Polish communities to Gallipoli to investigate the…

Spanish historian, military personnel and jurist (1623-1692)

Author who lived in Jerusalem in the early seventeenth century, great-nephew of Moses Nigrin. He is attributed the "Derush al ha-Tefillah", published in Dyhernfurth in 1732, homiletical explanations…

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 98-4.

Rabbi of Venice in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, sage, Talmudist and renowned liturgical poet, son of Isaïe — author of the « Derekh Yashar » (Venice, 1633) and « Yesha Yah » (1637), a…

Community leader born in Worms, died in Heidelberg on December 2, 1692, son of Simon Wolf Oppenheim, brother of Samuel Oppenheim, court agent of Vienna, and father of David Oppenheim. Nicknamed…

Rabbi, cabalist, liturgist, mathematician and book collector born in Worms in 1664, died in Prague on 12 September 1736. He became one of the most influential Jews in Germany thanks to the fortune of…

German banker, imperial court agent and diplomat, born in Heidelberg around 1635, died in Vienna on May 3, 1703. Favorite of Emperor Leopold I, to whom he advanced substantial sums for the war…

Rabbi of Wengrow, in Poland, in the first half of the seventeenth century. His first work, the « Berit ha-Lewi » (Lublin, 1645), is an ethical exposition of the prayer of Moses founded on tales from…

Spanish hakham and preacher, killed in April 1664, son of Jacob Dias Pato and student of Saul Lévi Morteira, whose collection of sermons « Gibe'at Sha'ul » he edits in 1645, with his fellow student…

Danish religious fanatic, born in Copenhagen in 1644, died in that city in August 1714. Slave trader in the West Indies from 1680, he suddenly converted in 1694, proclaimed himself Messiah and king…

Rabbi of Lissa, born in Peisern, Poland, around 1690. He is the author of the « Naḥalat Shim'oni », a reference work in four parts listing biblical characters, masters of the Mishna and those of the…

Rabbi and author active in Salonica in the seventeenth century, student of Ḥasdaï Peraḥya ha-Cohen. He left four works edited by his descendants: the « Paraḥ Maṭṭeh Aharon » (Amsterdam, 1703),…

Spanish writer and philanthropist born in Madrid, died in 1699 in Amsterdam, where he had taken refuge via Venice to escape the Inquisition. Esteemed for his wealth and culture, he presided for…

Christian Orientalist, born in 1651, died in Stockholm on January 5, 1710, trained under Wagenseil in Altdorf. Professor of Oriental languages in Upsal from 1681 to 1695 then librarian in Stockholm,…

King of Spain called the « poet king » for his love of letters and the arts, born in Valladolid on April 8, 1605, died on September 17, 1665. He delegates state affairs to his favorite, the…

Bernard Picart is a French draftsman and engraver, born in Paris in 1673 and died in Amsterdam in 1733. Trained by his father Étienne Picart and then by Le Brun and Jouvenet, he settled in Amsterdam…

Joseph Pichon (Pitchon) is a rabbinic author who lived in Turkey at the end of the seventeenth century. He is the author of "Minhage ha-Bediḳah be-'Ir Saloniḳi", a work devoted to the method followed…

Eliezer b. Juda of Pinczow is a Polish rabbi active at the end of the seventeenth century, grandson of R. Ẓebi Hirsch, rabbi of Lublin. Rabbi of Pinczow and other localities, then parnas in Cracow,…

Joseph b. Jacob of Pinczow is a Polish rabbi and author active in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, descendant of R. Jacob Pollak, son-in-law of R. Moses Krämer, chief rabbi of Wilna, and…

Moses Pinheiro is one of the most influential disciples of Shabbetai Tsevi; he lived in Livorno in the seventeenth century. Brother-in-law of Joseph Ergas, nevertheless an opponent of Sabbateanism,…

Juda Löb ben Joseph Pochowitzer is a rabbi and preacher of Russia, active in Pinsk in the second half of the 17th century, died in Palestine where he had gone before 1681. He is the author of « Ḳench…

Edward Pocock is an English orientalist and Christian theologian, born in Oxford on 8 November 1604 and died in the same city on 12 September 1691. Chaplain of the « Turkey Merchants » in Aleppo from…

Jacob ben Benjamin Cohen Poppers is a German rabbi, born in Prague in the mid-seventeenth century and died in Frankfurt am Main in 1740. Rabbi successively in Koblenz, Trier and Halberstadt, he was…

Meïr ben Juda Löb ha-Kohen Ashkenazi Poppers is a Bohemian rabbi and kabbalist, born in Prague and died in Jerusalem in February or March 1662. Trained in the Kabbalah by Israël Ashkenazi and Jacob…

Aaron b. Benjamin Porges is a rabbi of Prague active in the seventeenth century. Under the title « Zikron Aharon », he drafted an introduction to the « Ḳiẓẓur Ma'abar Yabboḳ », devoted to ancient…

Moïse ben Israël Naphtali Hirsch Porges is a rabbinical author who lived in Jerusalem in the early 17th century. He is the author of « Darke Ẓiyyon » (Amsterdam, 1650), written in Judeo-German after…

David ben Naphtali Herz Posner is a Polish talmudic compiler, active around the mid-17th century in Posen and then in Krotoschin. He is the author of « Yalḳuṭ Dawid » (Dyhernfurth, 1691), a homiletic…

Moses Prado, born Conrad Victor, was a Christian convert to Judaism who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries, first as a professor of classical languages at the University of Marburg, then in…

Shabbethai of Premsla is a Galician grammarian and scribe of the 16th and 17th centuries, active in Przemyśl. He published a commentary (Lublin, 1622) on the « Sefer Mahalak » by Moses Ḳimḥi, where…

English orientalist born in Padstow, Cornwall, on May 3, 1648, and died in Norwich on November 1, 1724. Reader in Hebrew at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1679, he publishes a life of Muhammad (London,…

Polish author of the 17th century, he wrote a commentary on the Zohar covering the pericopes from Chemot to Houkat, published in Berlin in 1724 with the Sefer Yirah, a work also attributed to him.

Cabalist impostor born near the end of the seventeenth century in Brody, Galicia, and died around 1750. Settled in Prossnitz, Moravia, where he lived by peddling, he proclaimed himself a prophet and…

Rabbi, Kabbalist and Russian author who lived in the last quarter of the seventeenth century, rabbi in Pinsk before emigrating in his old age to Palestine and settling in Jerusalem, where he charged…

Successor to Shabbethaï Tsevi at the head of the Sabbatean movement, born in Salonique and died in Alexandria in 1690. Son of Joseph « the philosopher » and brother-in-law of Shabbethaï Tsevi, he is…

R. Joël of Wetzlar, rabbi, died in Minden (Westphalia) in 1698 (Jewish Encyclopedia, article « Wetzlar »). No written work is attributed to him by the source.

Scribe of Tanam, he too transcribed a copy of the Midrash ha-Gadol, financed by R. Abraham ben Saadia ha-Cohen. Illustrates the continuous scribal tradition of the Tanam family/locality over several…

Counted among the righteous of Safi about whom no biographical details have been preserved.

Ancestor of the Hida (Rabbi Chaim David Azoulay), he was born in Fès and settled in Hebron at the beginning of the seventeenth century. His writings were lost at sea when the ship transporting them…

His time is unknown. His tomb is ancient and devoid of any inscription. Reputed just, it was customary to bow down on his tomb. Rabbi Yosef ben-Naïm, author of Malkhei-Rabbanan, writes that he…

Buried in the cave of Oufran, alongside his son the Rav Makhlouf. Cited by Rabbi Yossef ben-Naïm (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

It is told that one day, passing through the market, a non-Jew spat on him from her window; he immediately pronounced the Ineffable Name and two horns grew on the woman's head, one pointing upward,…

According to a tradition received from the ancients, he is said to have been one of the disciples of Rachi, the luminary of the exile; he is said to have become angry with his students, which brought…

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph is dated the year « Ke-ichoun » (1617). Cited by Rabbi Yossef ben-Naïm (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

The period in which he lived is unknown. He was buried with the seven Bnei-Zmiro: when the French authorities wanted to trace a road, they could not succeed and understood the reason only after the…

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph is dated the year « Beroura » (1653), in the 17th century. Cited by Rabbi Yosef ben-Naïm (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

Counted among the righteous of Safi about whom no biographical details have been preserved.

Counted among the sages of Safi, where he is buried. A letter preserved by his descendants describes him as « the righteous, the perfect and accomplished wise man, pious and holy, for whom the sun…

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph names him « our master and our rabbi, the Rav Soussan ben Amgar, called ben Sebaoni ». Cited by Rabbi Yossef ben-Naïm (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

Counted among the sages of Gibraltar; how he came to Oufran is unknown. According to a tradition, the original name of his family was Lévi, changed to ben-Chabbat after a famous miracle that occurred…

Originating from Salé, he published the « Heikhal haKodesh » of Rabbi Moshe Elbaz, printed in 1640, inserting into it the positions of the Ari.

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph names him « the Rav Vaïsh ben-Yahya, called Vaïsh ». Cited by Rabbi Yossef ben-Naïm in Malkhei-Rabbanan.

Sage of Salé, author of the glosses accompanying the 1640 edition of the « Heikhal haKodesh », where he introduced the teaching of the Ari.

Counted among the sages of Safi, he lived in the seventeenth century, as attested by a letter found dated in the year 5429 (1669).

The last of the fifty righteous burned for the sanctification of the Name (Kiddoush Hachem) in Oufran. Tradition holds that he consoled and encouraged his companions facing the pyre, promising them…

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph designates him "diadem and holiness of Israel, the Rav Rabbi Yehouda ben-Moumou". Cited by Rabbi Yosef Ben-Naim (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

Rabbi in Rabat-Salé in the 17th century; member of the Moroccan Jewish surname Bonafad ('Yom Tov'), documented by the Toledano list.

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph bears: « our master and our rabbi, the Rav Yeïsh ben-Moché », dated the year 5440 (1680). Cited by Rabbi Yossef ben-Naïm (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph is dated to the year 1686 (17th century according to the current reckoning). Cited by Rabbi Yosef ben-Naïm (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

Son of Rabbi Yaakov ben-Chabbat. Buried in the Oufran cave; his epitaph is dated to the year « Machiho » (1604). Cited by Rabbi Yosef ben-Naïm (Malkhei-Rabbanan).

Buried in the cave of Oufran. His epitaph celebrates him as « our master, crown of our head, pious and holy, diadem of Israel, the Rav Yossef bar-Maimon ». Cited by Rabbi Yossef ben-Naïm…

Counted among the righteous of Safi about whom no biographical details have been preserved.

Rabbi of Fez, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Oved. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 106-3.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 106-3.

Rabbi of Meknes, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 106-2.

Wealthy Jewish financier of Cairo, master of the Mint and tax farmer in service to the Ottoman governor. He protected and financed Shabbetaï Tsevi during the latter's stay in Cairo (c. 1660-1662) and…

German astronomer and mathematician

Born in Jerusalem in the Meyuḥas family, he was Rishon le-Zion from 1756 until his death in 1771. He is the author of halakhic commentaries printed in Salonika. His son Moïse Joseph Mordekhaï Meyuḥas…

Chief Rabbi of Algiers, from a lineage of talmudists, grandson of Rabbi Salomon Zeror.