of Modena, who flourished in the 17th century, and died in 1639, is the author of an ascetic work entitled יבק מעבר , Maabar Yabbok, "The Ford Jabbok'" (Mantua, 1626), which has also been translated into Judaeo- German. This book, divided into five parts, treats of deeds of charity, the fasting of the Israelites, of their manner of enshrouding the dead, etc. See Furst, Bibl. Judges 1:22; Jost, Gesch. d. Judenth. u.s. — Sekten, 3, 150; Delitzsch, Gesch. d. jud. Poesie, p. 108; Zunz, Literatur-Gesch. d. jud. Poesie, p. 424; id. Zur Literatur u. Geschichte, p. 260 (B.P.)