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Zephaniah ben Mordecai Troki

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Karaite scholar and author; flourished during the latter part of the sixteenth century; brother of Joseph b. Mordecai Troki. He was the author of "Ḳiddush ha-Ḥodesh we-Sod ha-'Ibbur," a work on the calendar, and of responsa on the laws governing SHEḤIṬAH. Both works are mentioned by Simḥah Luzki in his "Oraḥ Ẓaddiḳim."

Bibliography:
  • Fürst, Gesch. des Karäerthums, 3:39;
  • idem, Bibl. Jud. 3:448;
  • Gottlober, Biḳkoret le-Toledot ha-Ḳara'im, p. 209.
J.
M. Sel.
Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Zephaniah ben Mordecai Troki'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​z/zephaniah-ben-mordecai-troki.html. 1901.
 
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