Pontremoli, Ḥiyya

Turkish rabbinical author; died at Smyrna in 1832; son of Benjamin Pontremoli. Ḥiyya Pontremoli wrote, among other works, the "Ẓappiḥit bi-Debash," a collection of responsa on Oraḥ Ḥayyim.

Bibliography:

  * Hazan, Ha-Ma'alot li-Shelomoh, pp. 31, 85;
  * Franco, Histoire des Israélites de l'Empire Ottoman, p. 268.



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