EZRA BEN EZEKIEL HA-BAVLI
- EZRA BEN EZEKIEL HA-BAVLI
- EZRA BEN EZEKIEL HA-BAVLI (1660–after 1742), rabbi and poet
in baghdad . Ezra was vehement in his criticism of the Jews of
Baghdad. In his Tokheḥot Musar ("Moral Reproofs," 1735),
written in rhymed prose, both in Hebrew and Aramaic, he severely took
them to task for their low moral standards. He reproved them for wasting
time on drink and frivolity, for their lack of support of the poor, and
for their disregard of Torah. The sharpness of his criticism led to his
persecution by the community and he was either imprisoned or expelled
from the community. Ezra also wrote Netivot Shalom (1742),
homilies on the Pentateuch.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Benjacob, Oẓar, 617; A. Ben-Jacob, Yehudei Bavel (1965), 97,
309.
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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