Birth Date: | 1660 |
Birth Place: | Hebron, Ottoman Palestine |
Death Date: | 1744 |
Death Place: | Tiberias, Ottoman Syria |
Denomination: | Judaism |
Occupation: | Rabbi |
Works: |
|
Ancestors: | Isaac Nissim aben Gamil (grandfather) |
Descendants: | Hayyim ben David Abulafia (grandson) |
Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia (born 1660 in Hebron, died 1744 in Tiberias, Ottoman Syria) 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]
He is the author of several works, including:
Its bibliography: