BOTON, ABRAHAM BEN JUDAH DI
- BOTON, ABRAHAM BEN JUDAH DI
- BOTON, ABRAHAM BEN JUDAH DI (1710?–after 1780), Turkish
talmudist and halakhist. Born in salonika , in his youth he was
already considered one of its great scholars. Some time before 1753, he
was appointed chief rabbi of Monastir (Bitolj), where he served until
his death. His responsa and halakhic novellae, together with some by his
son, were published under the title Maḥazeh Avraham
(Salonika, 1795) by his grandson David di Boton who was also chief rabbi
of Monastir.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Rosanes, Togarmah, 5 (1938), 122; Azulai, 2 (1852), 78, no. 79.
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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