PIYYUT — (Heb. פִּיּוּט; plural: piyyutim; from the Greek ποιητής), a lyrical composition intended to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony, communal or private. In a wider sense, piyyut is the totality of compositions composed in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DANIEL BEN PERAḤYAH HA-KOHEN — (d. 1575), head of yeshivah and author. His family, which originated in Rome, claimed descent from josephus . From Rome his father moved to Salonika where, until his death in 1548, he was head of the yeshivah of the Italian community, being… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HAMON — HAMON, family of Spanish and Portuguese origin which lived in turkey . ISAAC HAMON (second half of 15th century) was a physician in the court of King Abdallah of Granada. Following the Spanish expulsion the family settled in the ottoman empire ,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARZIN, JOSEPH BEN JACOB — (16th century), kabbalist of the Lurianic School. Arzin was third ḥaver ( member ) in the first class among Isaac Luria s disciples. According to … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ASHER, ABRAHAM — (Adolph; 1800–1853), bookseller, publisher, and bibliographer. Asher founded the firm of Asher and Co. in 1830 in Berlin, which existed until the Nazi period. His main contribution to Jewish scholarship is his publication of … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BUSAL, ḤAYYIM BEN JACOB OBADIAH DE — (d.c. 1565), rabbi and kabbalist in Salonika. Busal, a Spanish exile, studied under Elijah Mizraḥi in Constantinople and was a disciple of Isaac Amarillo in Salonika. After the death of Eliezer Hashimoni (1530), Busal was elected to succeed him… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DE PIERA, SOLOMON BEN MESHULLAM — (c. 1342–c. 1418), Hebrew poet of the Kingdom of Aragon, descendant of meshullam b. solomon de piera . His family was an important Jewish family of Catalonia who had its origins in Piera, a municipality of Barcelona county. He was in Cervera in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GREECE — (Heb. יָוָן, Yavan), country in S.E. Europe. SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (TO 330 C.E.) Although the earliest known Jews on the Greek mainland are to be found only from the third century B.C.E., it is highly probable that Jews traveled or were forcibly… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LEVI — (Bet ha Levi), prominent, wealthy, and ramified Sephardi family of scholars and rabbis, many of whom served as congregation leaders during the 15th–17th centuries. The family originated from Évora in Portugal, but all that is known of its… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
