Arama, David Ben Abraham

Rabbinical author, born in Turkey, 1525; lived in Salonica. When barely twenty years old, he published "Perush 'al Sefer Mishneh Torah," a commentary on Maimonides' Yad ha-Ḥazaḳah (Salonica, 1546-1572; second edition, Amsterdam, 1706). He also is the author of "Teshubot," consisting of a commentary on difficult Talmudic passages (Constantinople, 1579), which seems to be entirely lost.

Bibliography:

  * Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 694;
  * Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. No. 4790.



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