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1. Ḥayyim Shabbethai: Rabbi of Salonica; born about 1556; died 1647. After studying in the yeshibah of Salonica under Aaron Sason, Ḥayyim became a member of the bet din presided over by the latter. In 1607 he succeeded his former master as head ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Cohen, Ḥayyim: Tunisian rabbi; lived in the second half of the nineteenth century, on the island of Djerba, near Tunis. He is the author of "Na'awah Ḳodesh" (Becoming Is Holiness), a commentary on the Song of Songs, Leghorn, 1872; "Mille Meḥayye ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
3. Amram, Ḥayyim: Commentator who lived in Palestine in the first half of the nineteenth century. He published "Ḳorban PesaḦ" (Passover Offering), a commentary on the Passover Haggadah (Leghorn, 1836). (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Ḥayyim Mal'Ak: Polish Shabbethaian agitator; lived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. According to Jacob Emden ("Torat ha-Ḳena'ot," p., Ḥayyim was at first named "Mehallek" (the wanderer), because he traveled to Turkey to learn there the Shabbethaian doctrines, which name ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Asahel, Ḥayyim: Rabbi and author who lived in Salonica during the first half of the eighteenth century. He was the son of Benjamin Asahel, the chief rabbi of that city. ayyim Asahel was the author of a Hebrew work entitled "Sam Ḥayyai ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Krochmal, Ḥayyim: Polish Talmudist; born 1626; died 1666 at Cracow; son-in-law of Abraham Chemiesch. He was for many years preacher ("darshan") in the different synagogues of Cracow. By his contemporaries Krochmal was considered an able scholar; and the one work ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Algazi, Ḥayyim: Rabbi in Constantinople in the seventeenth century. He was a disciple of Joseph di Trani, and the author of a commentary on "Sefer Mesharim" (The Book of the Righteous), which is the part that treats of civil law in the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
8. Palaggi, Ḥayyim: Turkish rabbinical author; born at Smyrna 1788; died there 1869; maternal grandson of Joseph b. ayyim Hazan, author of "Ḥiḳre Leb"; pupil of Isaac Gategno, author of "Bet Yiẓḥaḳ. After serving as president of the tribunal in his native city, he ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
9. Ḥayyim Ha-Levi: Physician, and chief rabbi of the united congregations in the archbishopric of Toledo. As the chief rabbi, Zulaimah Alfahan, did not personally administer his office, but resided permanently at Seville, Archbishop D. Pedro Tenorio, Primate of Spain, in 1388 called ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
10. Ḥayyim Ha-Kohen: German rabbi; born at Prague at the end of the sixteenth century; died at Posen about the middle of the seventeenth century. He was the son of Isaac ben Samson ha-Kohen, and, on his mother's side, a grandson ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
11. Frangi, Ḥayyim (Surnamed Ḥayyim Menahem): Turkish rabbinical author; born in 1833 at Constantinople; died there in 1903. He has published two Hebrew works: "Yismaḥ Leb" (2 vols., Salonica, 1867-83), containing responsa and sermons; and "Maṭṭeh Leḥem" (Constantinople, 1902), a collection of all the juridical decisions ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [89%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
12. Mussafia, Ḥayyim Isaac: Talmudist; born at Jerusalem 1760; died at Spalato, Dalmatia, June 10, 1837. He studied chiefly under David Pardo of Sarajevo, Bosnia, the author of numerousTalmudic works; and he so rapidly progressed in his studies that he was recognized as a ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
13. Hurwitz, Ḥayyim Dob: Russian economist and journalist; born about 1864 at Gorki, government of Moghilef. His father, a teacher of religion, destined him for a rabbinical career, but the boy's inclination led him to modern studies. After attending the local public schools ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
14. Ẓemaḥ Ben Ḥayyim: Gaon of Sura from 889 to 895. He was the stepbrother and successor of Nahshon ben Zadok, and has become known especially through the reply which he madeto the inquiry of the Kairwanites regarding Eldad ha-Dani. This responsum, which ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
15. Cleif, Daniel Ḥayyim: Russian rabbi; born in Amsterdam 1729; died there May 14, 1794. He settled in Hasenpoth, in the government of Courland, originally as a jeweler; later he officiated there as rabbi for many years. At this time he wrote "'Arugah Ḳeṭannah ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
16. Ḥayyim Ben Israel: Spanish philosopher and author; lived in Toledo about 1272-77; a descendant of the Israeli family and a relative of Isaac Israeli, author of the astronomical work "Yesod 'Olam. He wrote a treatise on paradise, which exists in manuscript. Bibliography ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
17. Ḥayyim Ben Bezaleel: German Talmudist; died at Friedberg on the Shabu'ot festival, 1588. He was the eldest of the four sons of Bezaleel ben Ḥayyim, and spent his youth at Posen, the native city of the family. He and Moses Isserles studied ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
18. Israel, Ḥayyim Abraham: Italian rabbi of the eighteenth century; lived at Candia and Ancona. He wrote: (1) "Bet Abraham" (Leghorn, 1786), a casuistical commentary on the Ṭur Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ and on the "Bet Yosef" thereto (at the end of the volume is a treatise ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
19. Rawnitzki, Joshua Ḥayyim: His first literary efforts appeared in "Ha-Ḳol," and he soon became a frequent contributor to Hebrew journals. In 1887 he published, in conjunction with Krankenfeld, "Der Jüdische Wecker," in which appeared his article "Der Pintele Jud"; from 1892 to ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
20. Galipapa, Ḥayyim Meborak: Bulgarian rabbi; lived and taught at Sofia about 1650 (Conforte, "Ḳore ha-Dorot," p. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
21. Aaron Ben Ḥayyim: An exegete who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century at Grodno, Russia. He wrote "Moreh Derek" (He Who Shows the Way), tracing the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, their wanderings in the desert, and the partition ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
22. Musa, Ḥayyim Ibn: Spanish controversialist, physician, and Biblical commentator; born at Bejar, not far from Salamanca, about 1390; died in 1460., Ibn Musa was also a payṭan, but nothing is known of any liturgicalproduction of his. Owing to his medical skill he had ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
23. Reuben Ben Ḥayyim: Provençal Talmudist; flourished about the middle of the thirteenth century; brother of the liturgical poet Abraham benḤayyim. Reuben, who lived at Narbonne, was a pupil of Isaac ha-Kohen of that city, and teacher of Menahem Me'iri. The latter ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
24. Medini, Ḥayyim Hezekiah: Palestinian rabbinical writer; born at Jerusalem 1833; son of Rabbi Raphael Eliahu Medini. At the age of nineteen, on completing his studies in his native city, he received the rabbinical diploma. He then went to Constantinople, where for thirteen years ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
25. Oppenheim, Abraham Ḥayyim: Rabbi at Péczel, Hungary, where he died at the age of twenty-eight, before 1825. He was the author of "Har Ebel" (Lemberg, 1824), ritual regulations on visiting the sick, mourning customs, etc., and of a treatise entitled "Nishmat Ḥayyim ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
26. Algazi, Ḥayyim Isaac: Author of the books: "Derek Eẓ ha-Ḥayyim" (The Way of the Tree of Life), "'En Yamin" (The Right Eye), "Sha'ar Yehudah" (The Gate of Judah); all published at Salonica, 1822. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
27. Ḥayyim (Lit. "Life"): A common prænomen among the Jews, especially during the Middle Ages. In its Latin form it occurs on the Hebrew mosaic of Kafr Kenna as, i., and in the Jewish catacombs of Venosa (also ; Ascoli, "Inscrizioni," No. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
28. Angel Ben Ḥayyim: A Turkish commentator on the Bible; lived at Salonica in the last half of the eighteenth century. He wrote "'Eẓ Ḥayyim" (Tree of Life), containing disquisitions on Genesis. Varshano's "Ya'aḳob Ḥebel" at Salonica, in 1772. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
29. Corinaldi, David Ḥayyim: Italian rabbi and author of the first half of the eighteenth century. Pincherle, and rabbi at Reggio, Leghorn, and Triest. He wrote "Bet Dawid" (House of David), on the Mishnah; at the end of his work are diagrams relating to ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
30. Ḥayyim Ben Tobiah: Russian rabbi; lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He was among the pupils of Elijah of Wilna, and settled in Safed. In a letter from Safed, dated 1810, he exhorts the Jews of Russia to contribute to the assistance ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
31. Ḥayyim, Abigdor: He was the author of "Peri 'Eẓ Ḥayyim" (Amsterdam, 1742), containing responsa, annotations to Maimonides' "Yad ha-Ḥazaḳah" and to the "Arba' Ṭurim," and sermons arranged in the order of the Sabbatical sections. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
32. Ḥayyim Of Falaise (Ḥayyim Paltiel?): French Biblical commentator of the thirteenth century; grandson of the tosafist Samuel of Falaise (Sir Morel). An anonymous commentator on the Pentateuch (Munich MS. frequently quotes another commentary () on the Pentateuch, the author of which he on one occasion calls ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [89%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
33. Bloch, Hermann (Ḥayyim): German author; born at Breslau April 26, 1826; died Nov. He was a grandson on his mother's side of the learned Abraham Tiktin, chief rabbi in Breslau and author of numerous learned works, and in his early years received ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
34. Ḥayyim, Elijah Ibn: Rabbi of Constantinople, perhaps the immediate successor of Elijah. Mizraḥi; born about 1532; died in the beginning of the seventeenth century. In his responsa the date 1562 is mentioned; another responsum is dated 1601, and it appears from the preface ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]