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Abraham ben Nissim Ḥayyun

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Portuguese scholar; father of Don Joseph Ḥayyun, rabbi of Lisbon; lived in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was the author of an ethical work entitled "Amarot Ṭehorot" (Constantinople, 1516).

Bibliography:
  • Kayserling, Gesch. der Juden in Portugal, p. 74;
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 672;
  • Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 27.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Abraham ben Nissim Ḥayyun'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/abraham-ben-nissim-aayyun.html. 1901.
 
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