HLADIK, ABRAHAM

HLADIK, ABRAHAM (first half of 13th century), Bohemian scholar. The name Ḥladik, still found to this day as a family name in Prague, is evidence that Abraham came from Bohemia, and he is sometimes referred to as Abraham of Bohemia. His name is frequently mentioned in minhagim books and in 13th-century commentaries on the prayers. He was in contact with abraham b. azriel , though the nature of their literary dependence is still unclear. It seems that Ḥladik abridged some of Abraham b. Azriel's commentaries to piyyutim. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: E.E. Urbach (ed.), Arugat ha-Bosem, 4 (1963), 123–5. (Isaac Ze'ev Kahane)