MEYUḤAS, ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL
- MEYUḤAS, ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL
- MEYUḤAS, ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL (d. 1767), rabbi and kabbalist in
jerusalem , his birthplace. Abraham studied under Israel Meir
Mizraḥi in the Yeshivah Bet Ya'akov founded by Jacob Israel Pereira, and
married the daughter of tobias cohn . His life was one of
suffering and affliction. He was orphaned as a child and lost his sight
at the age of 30. Abraham was the author of Sedeh ha-Areẓ;
homilies on the Torah, in three parts (pts. 1 and 2, Salonika, 1784,
1798; pt. 3, Leghorn, 1788); Diglo Ahavah, a commentary on
the Derekh Eẓ ha-Ḥayyim of Isaac luria : it was
arranged by meir poppers and included the latter's own work,
Or Zaru'a; Ha-Ma'or ha-Katan, on the Eẓ Ḥayyim by
Ḥayyim Vital ; and Si'aḥ ha-Sadeh, on the
Kavvanot ("Meditations") of Isaac Luria, together with
homilies and notes. Raphael Meyuḥas was his brother. One of
Abraham's sons, Benjamin Moses (d. 1804), was responsible for publishing
part 1 of Sedeh ha-Areẓ, and another, Joseph Jacob, an
emissary of the hebron community, published the other two parts
while engaged on his missions.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Michael, Or, 121, no. 253; Frumkin-Rivlin, 2 (1928), 118; 3 (1929), 86,
90–91; Yaari, Sheluḥei, 556–7, 598; idem, Meḥkerei Sefer
(1958), 138–9.
(Abraham David)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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