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Ḥomer ha-Dat he-Attik — Abraham Ankawa

Author: Rabbi Avraham ben Mordekhaï Ankava (Abraham Ankawa, né à Salé en 1810)
Date: 1844
Preservation: Édition imprimée (1844)

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Ḥomer ha-Dat he-Attik (1844) is an abridgment of the Shefa Tal — the kabbalistic treatise of Rabbi Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz — prepared by Rabbi Abraham Ankawa to make its material accessible. It attests to Ankawa's interest in kabbalistic thought, also found in his prayer book. Sources: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 'Ankawa, Abraham ben Mordecai'; Sh. Tanji, Encyclopedia of the Sages and Rabbis of Morocco.

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Ḥomer ha-Dat he-Attik (1844) is an abridgment of the Shefa Tal — the kabbalistic treatise of Rabbi Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz — prepared by Rabbi Abraham Ankawa to make its material accessible. It attests to Ankawa's interest in kabbalistic thought, also found in his prayer book. Sources: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 'Ankawa, Abraham ben Mordecai'; Sh. Tanji, Encyclopedia of the Sages and Rabbis of Morocco.