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Ḥabillo (Chavillo), Elisha ben Solomon
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Venetian Talmudist of the eighteenth century; descendant of a prominent Palestinian family. Judah Chavillo is mentioned as a renowned Talmudist in the responsa "Darke No'am" (3:39) of Mordecai Levi of Cairo. Elisha was a disciple of David Pardo and the author of the following works: (1) "Pat Leḥem," containing the ritualistic laws concerning the benedictions, especially the grace after meals (
) (Leghorn, 1794); (2) "Hamon Ḥogeg," commentary on the Haggadah of Passover (ib. 1793); (3) "'Abodat ha-Tamid," commentary on the prayer-book according to the Spanish rite (ib. 1794), in which he adopted many interpretations of the renowned Shabbethai Ḥayyim, afterward discarding them as being heretical; (4) "Shif'at Rebibim," liturgical poems of David Pardo, with additions of his own (ib. 1793).
- Nepi-Ghirondi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, p. 11;
- Mortara, Indice Alfabetico, p. 12;
- Zedner. Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 176, s. Chavillo;
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3:593.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ḥabillo (Chavillo), Elisha ben Solomon'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/aabillo-chavillo-elisha-ben-solomon.html. 1901.
