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a learned Jew of Constantinople, who flourished in Italy towards the end of the 15th century, where he instructed the famous Pico della Mirandola in Hebrew, is the author of חשק שלמה, a commentary on the Song of Songs. The introduction to this commentary, שער החשק, was published separately by Baruch ben-Moses Chajim (Leghorn, 1790). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1, 39; De Rossi, Dictionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 38 sq. (B. P.)