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Ashkenazi, Raphael ben Judah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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A rabbi of Smyrna, where he died in 1830. He wrote: (1) "Mareh 'Enayim" (Sight to the Eyes), Salonica, 1816—an index to the Talmud and to Rashi and Tosafot, after the model of Benvenisti's "Sefer Keneset ha-Gedolah"; (2) "Mareh ha-Gadol" (The Great Vision), Salonica, 1829—containing homilies on the Pentateuch; (3) "Doresh Ṭob" (Seeking the Good), a continuation of the preceding work, Salonica, 1831; appended to it is Judah Ashkenazi's work, "Seride Yehudah" (Judah's Remnant); (4) "Mareh ha-Nogah" (The Vision of Glory), containing observations on the works of Maimonides, Salonica, 1840.
Bibliography:
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 370;
- NepiGhirondi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, p. 314;
- Franco, Histoire des Israélites de l'Orient;
- Mortara, Indice Alfabetico, s.;
- Fürst, Bibliotheca Judaica, 3:127.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ashkenazi, Raphael ben Judah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/ashkenazi-raphael-ben-judah.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ashkenazi, Raphael ben Judah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/ashkenazi-raphael-ben-judah.html. 1901.
