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Heilbronn (Heilprin), Abraham ben Moses Ashkenazi
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Chief rabbi of Lemberg; born in 1578; died Jan. 2, 1649. His father was related to R. Solomon Edels. Abraham Heilbronn wrote: "Birkat Abraham," a homily which he delivered on the day of his "bar miẓwah" (Prague); "Ahabat Ẓiyyon," a commentary on the Pentateuch and the five Megillot (Lublin, 1639). In the preface to the latter work he asserts that he also wrote a commentary on the Prophets and the Hagiographa, and he refers to a work of his entitled "Sha'are Ẓiyyon."
Bibliography:- Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. , No. 118; , No. 118;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 691;
- Buber, Anshe Shem, pp. 6-7;
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 20;
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, p. 96.
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M. Sel.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Heilbronn (Heilprin), Abraham ben Moses Ashkenazi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/heilbronn-heilprin-abraham-ben-moses-ashkenazi.html. 1901.