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Ḥayyim, Abraham Israel

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Italian rabbi of the eighteenth century; lived at Candia and Ancona. He wrote: (1) "Bet Abraham" (Leghorn, 1786), a casuistical commentary on the Ṭur Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ and on the "Bet Yosef" thereto (at the end of the volume is a treatise entitled "Ma'amar ha-Melek," on the laws of government); (2) "Amarot Ṭehorot" (ib. 1787), a similar commentary on the Ṭur Eben ha-'Ezer. Israel is quoted by Mattithiah Terni in his "Sefat Emet" (p. 73b, ed. Leghorn).

Bibliography:
  • Mortara, Indice, p. 30;
  • Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 392.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ḥayyim, Abraham Israel'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/ayyim-abraham-israel.html. 1901.
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