AARON BERECHIAH BEN MOSES OF MODENA
- AARON BERECHIAH BEN MOSES OF MODENA
- AARON BERECHIAH BEN MOSES OF MODENA (d. 1639), Italian
kabbalistic writer and compiler. Aaron was a cousin on his mother's side
of leone modena . For the benefit of the pious members of his
native Modena, Aaron compiled his Ma'avar Yabbok ("The
Crossing of the Jabbok" (cf. Gen. 32:22), Venice, 1626, and often
reprinted) comprising the readings, laws, and customs relating to the
sick, deathbed, burial, and mourning rites. David Savivi of Siena
published an abridged version under the title Magen David
(Venice, 1676), and samuel david b. jehiel ottolengo , another
entitled Keri'ah Ne'emanah (ibid., 1715). Aaron
also compiled Ashmoret ha-Boker ("The Morning Watch," Mantua,
1624; Venice, 1720), containing prayers and supplications for the use of
the pious confraternity Me'irei Shaḥar in Modena, as well as
Me'il Ẓedakah and Bigdei Kodesh (both Pisa, 1785),
containing prayers and passages for study.
(Shmuel Ashkenazi)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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