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Shemaiah B. Simeon Ẓebi

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Scholar of the seventeenth century, of whose life no other details are known than that he was the author of "Maẓref la-Ḥokmah" (Amsterdam, 1765), a list of the 613 commandments, each being described in eight words beginning with the initials or , which are probably an abbreviation of "Morenu Shemaiah Levi Yiḥye" (Amsterdam, 1765).

Bibliography:
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 364;
  • Löwy, Catalogue of Hebraica and Judaica in the Library of the Corporation of the City of London, p. 143;
  • Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 696.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Shemaiah B. Simeon Ẓebi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/shemaiah-b-simeon-aoebi.html. 1901.
 
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