Tzadikim

Rabbi Chaim Abulafia (2)

Kabbalist, head of the Jewish court in Tveria (Tiberias).

Born: 1660, Hebron
Died: 1744 in Tveria (Tiberias), Eretz Yisrael, 1744
 
Prev
Next

Torah commentator, kabbalist, talmudist.

Rabbi Chaim Abulafia was a rabbinical authority. He was the grandfather of Hayyim ben David Abulafia and grandson of Isaac Nissim aben Gamil. Abulafia was a rabbi in Smyrna, where he instituted many wholesome regulations. In his old age (1740) he restored the Jewish community in Tiberias

  1. "Mikrae Kodesh" (Holy Convocations), Smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on Biblical and Talmudical themes;
  2. "Yosef Lekach" (Increase of Learning), Smyrna, 1730–32, a work in three volumes on the Pentateuch;
  3. "Yashresh Ya'akob" (Jacob Will Take Root), Smyrna, 1729; and
  4. "Shebut Ya'akob" (The Captivity of Jacob), Smyrna, 1733, an elaborate commentary on the haggadic compilation "'Ein Yaakov," by Jacob ibn Habib and others.

May the merit of the tzaddik Rabbi Chaim ben Atar  protect us all, Amen.

Prev
Next
Light a virtual Candle

  • Soul Elevations

    • Shoshana bat Eliahu Michael
    • Yechiel Michael ben Mordechai Tzvi
    • ציון בן חביבה
    • William ben Ricardo
    • Yvonne bat Sultana
    • Yvonne bat Sultana

  • Healing

    • Ayala bat Sarah Chaya.
    • Adelaide bat Elena
    • Hinder Raizel bat Chaya
    • Karla Melissa bat Maria Elizabeth
    • Elena bat Berta
    • Meirav bat Elisheba
    • רבי שלום יהודה בן אסתר
    • צבי בן תמר
    • Janette Esther bat Ruth
    • Zalman ben Ruchel
    • Yonah ben Leah
    • Isaac ben Keith
    • Kayla Raizel bat Leah Esther
    • Michael ben Ihor
    • Ashlynn bat Joy

  • Success in life

    • Leo ben Josephine
    • Luiz ben Lino
    • Natalia Nechama Feyga bat Janna
    • Ihor Moshe ben Valentina
    • Carol Cari Chanah Dinah bat Joseph
    • Yitzak Benjamin ben Mordehai.
    • Chanah Dinah bat Joseph
 Light a virtual Candle
Light a virtual Candle

Hillulot | Biographies | Prayers | Virtual Candle

Android app on Google Play