Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia

Israeli rabbinical authority

Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia

Personal life
Born| 1660

Hebron, Ottoman Palestine

Died| 1744

Tiberias, Ottoman Syria

Nationality|  Ottoman Empire
Occupation| Rabbi
Religious life
Religion| Judaism
Denomination| Judaism
Main work|

* "Mikrae Kodesh"
* "Yosef Lekach"
* "Yashresh Ya'akob"
* "Shebut Ya'akob"

Old Yishuv

Jewish community in the Mutaṣarrifiyyat al-Quds al-Sharīf (Quds District,Shaam Province) under Usmaniyyah Khilafat rule

Key events

* Nachmanides Aliya (1263)
* Alhambra decree (1492)
* Manuel I decree (1496)
* Hebron and Safed massacres (1517)
* Revival of Tiberias (1563)
* Sack of Tiberias (1660)
* Plunder of Safed (June 1834)
* Hebron massacre (August 1834)
* Safed attack (1838)
* Jerusalem expansion
* Moshavot establishment

Key figures

* Nachmanides (d.1270)
* Joseph Saragossi (d. 1507)
* Obadiah MiBartenura (d. 1515)
* Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi (d. 1528)
* Levi ibn Habib (d. 1545)
* Jacob Berab (d. 1546)
* Joseph Nasi (d. 1579)
* Moses Galante (d. 1689)
* Moses ibn Habib (d. 1696)
* Yehuda he-Hasid (d. 1700)
* Haim Abulafia (d. 1744)
* Menachem Mendel (d. 1788)
* Haim Farhi (d. 1820)
* Aaron Hershler (d. 1873)
* Jacob Saphir (d. 1886)
* Haim Aharon Valero (d. 1923)

Economy

* Etrog cultivation
* Winemaking
* Banking
* Printing
* Soap production
* Textiles

Philanthropy

* Kollel
* Halukka
* Montefiore
* Judah Touro

Communities

* Musta'arabim
* Sephardim
* Perushim
* Hasidim

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* Jerusalem
* Mea Shearim
* Mishkenot Sha'ananim
* Hebron
* Safed
* Tiberias
* Biriya
* Jaffa
* Haifa
* Peki'in
* Acco
* Shechem
* Gaza
* Kafr Yasif
* Shefa-'Amr
* Petah Tikva

Synagogues

* Great Academy of Paris (1258)
* Ramban (1267)
* Abuhav (1490s)
* Abraham Avinu (1540)
* Ari (1570s)
* Johanan ben Zakai (1600s)
* Hurva (1700)
* Tifereth Israel (1872)

Related articles

* History of Palestine (region)
* History of Israel

* Four Holy Cities
* Applicability of religious laws
* History of Zionism
* Timeline
* Pre-Modern Aliyah
* Return to Zion
* Three Oaths
* Haredim and Zionism
* Edah HaChareidis
* ShaDaR

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Abulafia Synagogue, Tiberias

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]

The tomb of Rabbi Abulafia in the old cemetery of Tiberias.

He is the author of several works, including:

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.

## References

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1. ^ Barnay, J. (1992). The Jews in Palestine in the eighteenth century. University of Alabama Press. p. 149\. ISBN 0-8173-0572-6.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kayserling, Meyer (1901–1906). "Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:

* Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 820.

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