ABRAHAM BEN ISRAEL OF BRODY
- ABRAHAM BEN ISRAEL OF BRODY
- ABRAHAM BEN ISRAEL OF BRODY (1749–1836), Italian kabbalist.
He resided in Leghorn and Trieste but finally settled in Ferrara where
he remained 30 years. He was known as an ascetic who frequently fasted
an entire week and studied six days and nights consecutively. He would
purchase rabbinic works and distribute them to needy scholars. It was
believed in Ferrara that his profound piety more than once saved the
Jewish community from disaster. Among his publications are Likkutei
Amarim ("Gleanings," Zolkiev, 1802), which include a commentary on
the Pirkei Shirah and extracts from kabbalistic works, and
Devar ha-Melekh (Leghorn, 1805–08) on the 613 commandments.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Ghirondi-Neppi, 15; Fuenn, Keneset, 15.
(Nathan Michael Gelber)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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