XVIIth century CE

Seventeenth-century scholar, probably martyred in Prague. He composed the prayer « 'Iyyoun Tefila » on the persecutions and martyrs of this city, reprinted in Amsterdam and Dessau in 1671, then, with…

Converted to Christianity, born in Germany in 1648, probably from a family named Weil. He embraced Christianity in Cleves in 1671 and became pastor of a Dutch village. He published in Latin "Yefeh…

Christian Hebraist and Dutch orientalist born in Ryp, near Alkmaar, on July 17, 1676, and died in Utrecht on February 5, 1718. Professor at Harderwijk in 1699, he joins the same year the chair of…

Dutch painter born in Leiden on July 15, 1606 or 1607 and died in Amsterdam on October 8, 1669, contemporary and intimate friend of Manassé ben Israël, whose portrait he painted in 1645 and whom he…

17th century Bohemian rabbi

Rabbi of Fès, seventeenth century. Mentioned in 5367 of the Hebrew era (1607). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 104-4.

Talmudist and Polish printer of the 16th-17th centuries. He edited in Lublin in 1608 the « Yen ha-Reḳaḥ » of Eleazar of Worms, which he annotated, then worked from 1626 to 1628 as proofreader of the…

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 104-3.

Portuguese scholar, keeper of the royal archives of the Torre do Tombo in Lisbon, where he dies on August 11, 1649. He is the author of a work, left in manuscript, defending the Marranos against…

Russian talmudist died in Wilna in 1671 or 1672, descended from a Prague family settled early in Wilna. Forced to flee in 1655 during the war between Poland and Russia, he settled in Amsterdam, where…

Russian Talmudist, died in Wilna in 1671 or 1672, from a Prague family settled early in Wilna. Forced to flee in 1655 during the war between Poland and Russia, he settled in Amsterdam, where his…

Rabbi, kabbalist and Italian poet born in Ferrara in 1688 (or 1693 according to Jellinek) and killed near Cento on 25 February 1743. Trained in Talmud under Nathan Pinkerle, he worked as a tutor…

Rabbi of the second half of the 17th century, born in Safed then settled in Italy. He is the author of « Sefer Ḥokmat ha-Mishkan », on the purposes of the Tabernacle, published with his edition of a…

17th-century scholar who spent his youth in Safed before settling in Verona, where in 1646 he published the « Yiḥus ha-Ẓaddiḳim » of Gerondi; he subsequently published in Amsterdam a map of Palestine…

German polemical writer born in Forchheim, near Bamberg, and died in Königsberg in 1652; born Jewish according to tradition, he converted successively to Catholicism, Calvinism then Lutheranism.…

Talmudist of the 17th century who probably lived in Northern Italy, author of the « Shemen ha-Mor », responsa to the four ritual codes accompanied by exhortations addressed to his son (Livorno, 1793).

English merchant and shipowner Marrano born around 1620 in Fundão, Portugal, probably one of the New Christians involved in the attempt to restore Spanish domination in 1641. Settled in London in the…

Rabbi and preacher of the 17th and 18th centuries, darshan in Semigrod then in Dessau, before ending his life in Metz. He is the author of « 'Ir Binyamin », a work in two parts on the haggadot of the…

Name under which Joseph b. Juda Ḥamits is erroneously known, disciple of Leon of Modena, author of the « Belil Ḥamits », whose introduction Modena claims to have written. He writes a commentary on…

Christian Hebraist born in Alt-Randen, Silesia, on 15 July 1631. After studies in Wittenberg and Leipzig, he traveled in Holland, France and England, then settled in Sulzbach to dedicate himself to…

Rabbi and composer who lived in Mantua at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th. Engaged in 1587 as a musician and singer at the ducal court of Vincent I of Mantua, where he enjoyed…

German rabbi born around 1665, died in Altona on January 12, 1712. He served successively as rabbi of Tykoczin, Brest-Litovsk, and then Altona, where he initially shared the rabbinic office with Ẓebi…

German rabbi born in Frankfurt am Main around 1650, died in Worms in October 1731. Grandson of Isaac, chief of the community of Frankfurt and founder of the Rothschild family, and son of Salomon, «…

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Mentioned in 5440 of the Hebrew era (1680). Son of Yehuda, himself son of Saadia. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 101-2.

Rabbi of Fès, seventeenth century. Mentioned in 5440 of the Hebrew era (1680). Son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 101-2.

Rabbi of Fez, 17th century. Died in 5396 of the Hebrew era (1636). Son of Abraham, himself son of Shmuel. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 101-2.

Rabbi of Fès, seventeenth century. Died in 5409 of the Hebrew era (1649). Son of Shmuel. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 101-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 100-1.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Eliahu. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 100-2.

After the plague of 1743 which decimated the rabbis of Baghdad, the community appealed to Aleppo, from which Rabbi Sadqa Bekhor Hussein was sent as Chief Rabbi. Recognized halakhic authority as far…

Rabbi and Sephardi Talmudist, major halakhic authority of the seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire.

Hakham of the Sephardic congregations in London and then Amsterdam.

Salomon b. Mordekhai, Polish rabbi died in 1609, was a student of Salomon Louria and served as rabbi in Meseritz and Ostrog, also holding a rabbinical function in Lemberg. He is the author of the «…

Talmudist of Salonique in the 17th century. He gathered the marginal glosses of several scholars (Salomon ibn Hassun, Salomon b. Isaac Levi, Daniel Estrumsa, Baruch Angel and Samuel Florentin the…

Born in Padua, he practices medicine in Venice and organizes preparatory courses for young students, mostly Jewish, admitted to the medical university of Padua. He wrote the preface (and a poem) to…

Born in Lisbon or Amsterdam, son of the learned marrano David Israel de Oliveyra. Teacher at Keter Torah, member and then president of the rabbinical college of the Spanish-Portuguese community of…

Italian engraver

Turkish Talmudist and Kabbalist of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, born in Salonique, died on June 6, 1629 in Venice, where he was rabbi and head of the yeshiva after having been in Padua;…

British banker (1699-1762)

Chief rabbi and physician of Ancona, liturgist and correspondent of great scholars.

Austrian banker, court Jew, chief rabbi

Rabbi and decisor of Venice, opponent of Sabbatianism, author of Devar Shmuel.

Rabbi

Scribe active in Worms in the seventeenth century. After the fire of 1689, he leaves Worms to settle in Hamburg, where he publishes « Ḥida Mezuqqaqa u-Ẓerufa », a rhymed riddle on tobacco (1693), as…

Polish Talmudist born around 1625, died on April 24, 1681 in Kleinsteinbach, Bavaria. An itinerant scholar who passed through Meseritz and Halberstadt, he became rabbi of Bamberg in 1660, residing in…

Polish rabbi of the seventeenth century, born in Lublin. He served as dayan in Jassy then in Mainz, and was the author of "Divre Shemuel", sermons on the Pentateuch of which only the part devoted to…

Polish talmudist of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, born in Lublin. First known rabbi of Jung-Bunzlau, he is the author of « Leḥem Rav » (Prague, 1609), a supplement to the Shulḥan Arukh,…

Scholar and leader of the Jewish community of Lemberg. He suffered martyrdom of a horrifying form outside the walls of the city, on a Sabbath day, the 8th of Iyar 1667 — this is essentially what is…

German rabbi

Talmudist and codifier, head of the beth-din of Fès; author of Vayomer Chmouel.

Scholar born in Salonika, rabbi in Jerusalem, author of Imré Binah.

Portuguese scholar of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, author of a commentary on difficult passages in Ecclesiastes and the Book of Job, where he discusses the immortality of the soul and the…

Portuguese converso, renowned physician in Lisbon, he fled the Inquisition to London in 1726, returned to Judaism and served as physician to the Hebra of the Spanish-Portuguese congregation in…

Austrian historiographer who lived in Vienna in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He is the author of the « Tit ha-Yavên », a narrative of the exactions perpetrated during the Cossack uprising…

Rabbi of Adrianople, former secretary of Shabbetaï Tsevi, prominent figure of Sabbatianism.

Rabbi and Talmudist of Frankfurt, yeshiva director and interim Chief Rabbi.

Court physician of Russia, born in 1699, died in Paris in 1783, member of a marrano family from Penamacor, in Portugal. Fleeing Portuguese persecutions, he studies medicine in Leiden, where he…

Persian poet of Jewish birth, active in the first half of the seventeenth century. Born in Kashan into a rabbinical family, he later embraced Islam and went to India as a merchant; in Tatta, near…

Italian rabbi of the seventeenth century, student of R. Ẓevi Hirsch b. Isaac of Cracow, exercising in Venice alongside León of Modena. Corrector of several works printed in Venice, he edited the…

Italian Kabbalist active in Venice at the beginning of the seventeenth century, author of the "Qol Mevasser" (Venice, 1605), a commentary on Daniel, of "Qol Sasson", on the coming of the Messiah,…

Palestinian talmudist active in Safed at the end of the seventeenth century, student of Isaac Alfandari. He is the author of the « Bene Ya'aqov » (Constantinople, 1714), a commentary on part of the «…

Russian Masorete of the seventeenth century, established in Zaslav, in the government of Volhynia. He wrote the « Naḥalat Ya'aqov » (Sulzbach, 1686), on the accentuations of the Decalogue intended…

Russian rabbi died in 1623, author of the « Tal Orot » (Prague, 1615), a treatise in verse on the thirty-nine categories of labor forbidden on the Sabbath, with an appendix on eruvin, of the «…

Liturgical poet active in Carpentras in the second half of the seventeenth century, probably son of the liturgical poet Joseph ben Abraham. The ritual of Avignon preserves from him a piyyut composed…

English physician, born in Fetzburg, in Germany, in 1690, died in London on March 4, 1761. Received doctor of medicine from the University of Giessen in 1710, he practiced in Schweinburg then in…

Galician rabbi, died in Belz, near Lemberg, on 3 (or 23) January 1632, and buried in Lemberg. He was rabbi in Satanow and then in Belz, and published in particular the Torat Hayyim, novellae on nine…

Polish rabbi, died in Lublin in 1633, son of Naphtali Hirsch of Moravia and descendant of the Tosafist Joseph Bekor Chor. Married to Hannele, daughter of Saul Wahl of Brest-Litovsk, whose rabbi he…

German polyhistor and orientalist, born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main on January 14, 1664, died in that city on February 14, 1722. After studying theology in Wittenberg and learning orientalism in Hamburg…

Austrian rabbi, born circa 1650 in Prague, died in that city on January 19, 1733. Installed as rabbi of a small congregation in Ofen, he lived there through the siege of 1686 by the imperials: his…

Dutch Orientalist, born in Groningen on August 23, 1686, died on January 26, 1756. Trained in Arabic at Leiden under Van Til then at Utrecht under Reland, he obtained his doctorate in theology at…

Austrian military officer, born in Lissen on February 17, 1670, died on January 14, 1743. Appointed general commander of the troops of Moravia at the fortress of Spielberg, in Brünn, in October 1741,…

Lithuanian Talmudist of the 17th and 18th centuries, member of the Hasidic group that accomplished in 1700 a pilgrimage to the Holy Land under the leadership of Juda Hasid. In his work Sha'alou…

Halakhic authority of Vilna, author of the Siftei Kohen (Shakh), an essential commentary on the Shulchan Aruch covering Yoreh Deah and Choshen Mishpat. He fled the Chmielnicki pogroms.

Born in Izmir, son of broker Mordechai Zevi who came from Salonika. Trained in the Kabbalah, he proclaimed himself Messiah in 1665 after his meeting with Nathan of Gaza, triggering the greatest…

Russian Talmudist (the Shakh), born in Wilna in 1621, died in Holleschau in 1662. Entering the yeshiva of R. Joshua in Tyktizin in 1633, he then studied in Cracow and Lublin, then returned to Wilna…

Born in Kalisz, founder of Jewish bibliography and author of the Siftei Chachamim on Rashi.

Rabbi and scholar of the late seventeenth century, active in Rosetta, Egypt. Contemporary of Abraham b. Mordekhaï ha-Lévi, in whose Guinat Vradim some of his responses appear, he is also cited in the…

Sabbatean agitator of the seventeenth century, from Morea. Around 1667, he preached the Sabbatean doctrine in Italy, then, after the false messiah's conversion to Islam became known, went to Germany…

False messiah and kabbaliste, founder of the Sabbatean sect, born on the ninth of av (July 23, 1626) in Smyrna, died, according to some, on the day of Kippur (September 30) 1676 in Dulcigno, Albania,…

Pseudo-messiah and kabbalist, founder of the Sabbatean sect, born on the 9th of Av (July 23, 1626) in Smyrna, died, according to some, on the Day of Atonement (September 30) 1676, in Dulcigno, in…

Rabbi of Salé, 17th century. Died in 5427 of the Hebrew era (1667). Son of Moshe. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 112-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 112-3.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Moshe. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 112-3.

Yemenite poet and kabbalist, active towards the end of the 17th century in Ta'izz. A weaver by trade, he also devoted himself to kabbalistic literature, notably to the Zohar, and composed in Hebrew…

Kabbalist born in Marrakech, dayan and commentator on the Zohar.

Yemenite rabbi

Rabbi of Fez, 17th century. Died in 5449 of the Hebrew era (1689). Son of Saadia. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 111-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 119-4.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 119-4.

Rabbi of Fès, seventeenth century. Mentioned in 5456 of the Hebrew era (1696). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 120-2.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 120-3.

Seventeenth-century scholar of whom nothing else is known save that he was the author of the Matsref la-Hokhma (Amsterdam, 1765), a list of the six hundred and thirteen commandments, each summarized…

Rabbi in Meknes in the 17th century, cited in the Ankri family notice.

Rabbi of Fez, seventeenth century. Died in 5451 of the Hebrew era (1691). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 118-4.

Rabbi of Demnate, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yaakov. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 119-2.

Rabbi of Tafilalet, 17th century. Mentioned in 5451 of the Hebrew era (1691). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 118-1.

Rabbi of Marrakech, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 117-1.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Mentioned in 5451 of the Hebrew era (1691). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 114-3.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yehuda. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 119-2.

Rabbi of Bagris, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Saadia. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 118-1.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Died in 5370 of the Hebrew era (1610). Registered in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 117-1.

Rabbi of Fes, 17th century. Died in 5386 of the Hebrew era (1626). Son of Saadia. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 114-4.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 118-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Elazar. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 117-1.

Rabbi of Fès, seventeenth century. Born in 5428 of the Hebrew era (1668). Son of Shaul. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 124-2.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 121-2.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 122-2.

Rabbi of Meknès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 120-4.

Rabbi of Fez, 17th century. Mentioned in 5428 of the Hebrew era (1668). Son of Shimon. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 122-3.

Rabbi of Debdou, 17th century. Mentioned in 5426 of the Hebrew era (1666). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 122-1.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 125-3.

Rabbi, 17th century. Mentioned in 5377 of the Hebrew era (1617). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 125-4.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 17th century. Mentioned in 5456 of the Hebrew era (1696). Son of Moshe. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 126-1.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 123-3.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Died in 5382 of the Hebrew era (1622). Son of Saadia. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 123-4.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 126-1.

Rabbi of Taza, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of David, himself son of Yosef. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 121-3.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Born in 5420 (1660), died in 5473 (1713) of the Hebrew era. Son of Abraham. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), p. 122-3.

Physician in Constantinople and friend of Jewish sciences, active before 1633. He translated into Latin, from the Arabic, the Kuzari of Judah ha-Levi and the Hovot ha-Levavot of Bahya, which his…

Brazilian poet and lawyer, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1656, died in Lisbon on 9 January 1736. Graduate in law from Coimbra, he married on his return to Brazil Lourença Coutinho, several times…

Poet and preacher, long resident of various French and Dutch cities before settling in Amsterdam. Member of the Academy of poets founded by D. Manuel de Belmonte in 1676, he is the author of a…

Simḥa Éphraïm ben Gerchon ben Siméon ben Isaïe ha-Cohen is born around 1622 and dies in 1669. Rabbi in Belgrade succeeding his master Juda Lerma, he publishes in Venice in 1657 his « Sefer Chemot »,…

Talmudist and rabbi, born in Belgrade, rabbi of Ofen (Bude) then of Belgrade, author of the Sefer Shemot (1657) on the spelling of Hebrew names.

Simmlein of Halberstadt, German Talmudist, was rabbi in Halberstadt from 1620 to 1650, a period almost exactly contemporary with the Thirty Years' War, particularly disastrous for Jews. While the…

Richard Simon, French scholar and orientalist, is born in Dieppe on May 13, 1638 and dies there on April 21, 1721. Trained at the Sorbonne then entered the Oratory, where he studies oriental…

Venetian rabbi

Samuel Abravanel Soeira, son of Manasseh ben Israël, was born in Amsterdam in 1625 and died in London in September 1657. In 1654, he accompanied his uncle Manuel Martinez Dormido to England to…

Italian rabbi and writer (c. 1680–1743)

Solomon b. Juda Löb of Dessau, German Hebraist and teacher, was born around 1662 and died after 1734. Teaching in Dessau, he is the author of the « Iggerot Chelomoh » (Wandsbeck, 1732), letters in…

Dutch rabbi, poet, and philologist

Simon de Sosa, one of the richest Marranos in Portugal in the mid-17th century, participated, under the leadership of the archbishop of Braga, in a plot to set fire to the royal palaces, assassinate…

Abraham (Naphtali Hirsch) ben Moïse ha-Lévi Spitz, Moravian rabbi, born around 1628 and died in Worms in 1712. Appointed in 1663 rabbi of a Moravian community, then in 1692 dayan in Nikolsbourg,…

Bohemian rabbi established in Prague, died in Metz on April 16, 1669. After serving as rabbi in Nikolsbourg and several other communities in Bohemia, he was called in 1660 to the rabbinate of Metz;…

Portuguese traveler born in Lisbon to Marrano parents, died around the middle of the 17th century in Verona or Antwerp. A cultivated man and keen observer, he traveled for eighteen months through the…

Martyr, burned publicly as « judio impenitente » at the auto-da-fé of Palma de Majorca, on May 6, 1691, alongside his master Raphaël Valls and his sister Catalina Terongi. Succeeding in freeing…

Jewish banker in The Hague (1696-1782)

médecin polonais

Polish rabbi of the seventeenth century, probably rabbi of Nemirov, where his wife and three sons were murdered in 1648 during the Khmelnitski massacres, of which his own father was perhaps also a…

Martyr, burned alive in Mexico or Lima on April 11, 1649. Reconciled once before by the Inquisition, he was denounced in 1642, with his wife Maria Gomez, during the trial of Gabriel de Granada, then…

Rabbi and Talmudist of Baghdad, author of the responsa « Tsedaka ou-Michpat ».

Chief Rabbi of Tunisia, architect of the renewal of Jewish study in Tunis in the 17th century.

Rabbi (Chacham Tzvi), opponent of Sabbateanism, Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam, author of responsa.

Italian polyhistor born in Venice around 1700, a convert from Judaism according to tradition, and a fine connoisseur of talmudic literature. He is the author of a vast compilation of Latin treatises…

Great-grandson of Samuel Edels (the MaHaRSHA), rabbi of Pollno, in Lithuania, and chief rabbi of the district, active in the middle of the seventeenth century. He is the author of Or Torah (Lublin,…

Dutch printer born in Amsterdam in 1623, died in that city on January 27, 1715 (and not in Zolkiew in 1713, as Steinschneider wrongly wrote), son of hazzan Aaron ha-Lévi and grandson of Moses Uri…

Spanish Marrano, burned alive by the Inquisition in Palma de Majorca on 6 May 1691 as « rabbi » of the Chuetas, along with his student Raphaël Terongi and the latter's sister, Catalina Terongi, who…

Martyr and Spanish knight of noble family, born around 1619 in San Clemente de la Mancha, died 25 July 1644 in Valladolid. Drawn to Judaism by the study of Hebrew in Salamanca, he read the Psalms…

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Born in 5391 (1631), died in 5464 (1704) of the Hebrew era. Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 31-1.

Christian Hebraist from the Netherlands born in Leeuwarden on May 16, 1669, died in Franeker on March 31, 1722. Trained at the universities of Franeker and Leiden, he became professor of oriental…

Voltaire, born François Marie Arouet in Paris on November 21, 1694 and died in that city on May 30, 1778, adopts around 1718 the name under which he remained famous as one of the most active…

German Christian Hebraist born in Nuremberg on 26 November 1633, died in Altdorf on 9 October 1705. Professor of history at Altdorf from 1667, then of Oriental languages from 1674 to 1697, he devoted…

Rabbi and talmudist born in Stühlingen in 1687, died in Rastatt on May 7, 1769, son of Naphtali Hirsch Weil. Raised in Fürth and then in Prague with his uncle Lippman Weil, he studied under R.…

German rabbi and scholar born in Wesel in the second half of the seventeenth century and died in Breslau in late 1753 or early 1754, from a prominent family in Germany, Austria and Holland. Appointed…

Christian Hebraist and polyhistor born in Wernigerode on February 21, 1683 and died in Hamburg on July 25, 1739, trained in Wittenberg then traveling in Holland and England for his research.…

Physician, mathematician and German Hebraist born in Frankfurt am Main toward the end of the seventeenth century and died in that city in 1769. Doctor of philosophy and medicine in 1723, he became…

One of the great Sephardic Kabbalists of the 17th-18th centuries, specialist in the writings of R. Isaac Louria (the Ari) and the Zohar. His commentary on the zoharic sections of the Idrot (Idra…

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Mentioned in 5379 of the Hebrew era (1619). Son of Yosef. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-3.

Rabbi, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-2.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 17th century. Mentioned in 5429 of the Hebrew era (1669). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-4.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Shmuel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-1.

Rabbi, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-1.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 68-3.

Rabbi of Tafilalet, active in the fifth century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 68-3.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-2.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-4.

Rabbi of Tétouan, 17th century. Mentioned in 5408 of the Hebrew era (1648). Son of David. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 65-4.

Rabbi of Meknès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Moshe. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 68-1.

Rabbi, 17th century. Mentioned in 5370 of the Hebrew era (1610). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 63–4.

Rabbi of Ksar el-Kébir, 17th century. Mentioned in 5436 of the Hebrew era (1676). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 65-2.

Rabbi, 17th century. Died in 5395 of the Hebrew era (1635). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 65-3.

Rabbi, seventeenth century. Died in 5366 of the Hebrew era (1606). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-1.

Rabbi of Salé, 17th century. Mentioned in 5446 of the Hebrew era (1686). Son of Yosef. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 67-1.

Rabbi of Fez, seventeenth century. Born in 5366 (1606), died in 5438 (1678) of the Hebrew era. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-1.

Rabbi of Tétouan, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-1.

Rabbi of Rabat, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew calendar (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-2.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Yitshak. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 66-1.

Rabbi of Salé, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 67-2.

Rabbi of Rif, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 70-4.

Kabbalist and Yemenite scribe of the seventeenth century (Hebrew name Abner bar Ner ha-Sharoni), renowned for the precision and beauty of his copies; many Yemenite manuscripts (« codices Bashiri »)…

German rabbi of the 17th century, one of the greatest decisors of his time. Son and grandson of rabbis of Worms, great-great-grandson (through his grandmother Ḥava/Eva Bacharach) of the Maharal of…

Rabbi of Fès, seventeenth century. Mentioned in 5449 of the Hebrew era (1689). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 71-4.

Rabbi, 17th century. Died in 5440 of the Hebrew era (1680). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 71-4.

German rabbi

Rabbi and chronicler of Minsk, author of Seder ha-Dorot on Jewish chronology.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Mentioned in 5457 of the Hebrew era (1697). Son of Menahem I. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 54-2.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Aharon. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 55-3.

Kabbalah rabbi known in Safi at the end of the 17th century, son of Rabbi Messod, according to the onomastic dictionary of Joseph Toledano reproduced by Moreshet-Morocco.

Head of the dayanim of Fès, called « Rabbi al-Kabir »; author of Minhat Yehouda.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Son of Saadia. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 46–1.

Rabbi, seventeenth century. Mentioned in 5414 of the Hebrew era (1654). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 46-1.

Rabbi of Tétouan, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-4.

Rabbi, seventeenth century. Mentioned in 5377 of the Hebrew Era (1617). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-3.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 45-4.

Rabbi of Fès, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-3.

Rabbi of Sefrou, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 53-2.

Rabbi of Fès, 17th century. Born in 5415 (1655), died in 5493 (1733) of the Hebrew era. Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 46-4.

Rabbi of Fez, 17th century. Mentioned in 5378 of the Hebrew era (1618). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-3.

Rabbi of Fez, seventeenth century. Mentioned in 5438 of the Hebrew era (1678). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-3.

Rabbi of Tétouan, active in the 5th century of the Hebrew era (1640–1739). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 43-3.