BOTON, JACOB BEN ABRAHAM DI
- BOTON, JACOB BEN ABRAHAM DI
- BOTON, JACOB BEN ABRAHAM DI (1635?–1687), halakhist. Jacob
was born in Salonika and was a disciple of Ḥasdai ha-Kohen Peraḥyah. His
father, Abraham b. Jacob (b. c. 1610), grandson of
abraham b. moses di boton , was also a disciple of Ḥasdai ha-Kohen
Peraḥyah and was appointed chief rabbi of Salonika in 1678. He was among
the opponents of Shabbetai Ẓevi. During the lifetime of his father,
Jacob acted as dayyan, with the specific task of enforcing
payments imposed by the bet din. He was acquainted with and
believed in Shabbetai Ẓevi. When his father died, he failed in his
attempt to succeed him as chief rabbi, despite the recommendation of
solomon amarillo . Jacob wrote many responsa, the earliest of
which is dated 1658. They contain important material on the economic
conditions of the time, dealing, among other things, with the guild of
dyers to which he himself belonged. He made use of many manuscripts of
rishonim and quoted early regulations of the Salonika
community. A substantial part of his responsa was burnt together with
his other writings when he was in Constantinople at the home of Ḥayyim
Alfandari. His son-in-law,
Solomon Abrabanel, published the remainder of his responsa under the
title Edut be-Ya'akov (Salonika, 1720). He is known to have
written four other books: (1) a commentary on the Mishnah, written
during the plague of 1679 when he was in the village of Libada; (2) a
commentary on the Ittur of isaac b. abba mari , a part
of which was published with the responsa; (3) a work on the novellae of
solomon b. abraham adret and on other topics; (4) commentaries to
the Talmud and the posekim. A fragment from this work was
included in his one printed book.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
I.S. Emmanuel, Maẓẓevot Saloniki, 2 (1968), 150–2; Azulai, 1
(1852), 86, no. 210; 2 (1852), 106, no. 12; Steinschneider, Cat Bod,
1195, no.
5513.
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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