Azarya ben Ephraim Figo
Deceased Person
1579 – 1647
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Who was Azarya ben Ephraim Figo?
Azarya Figo was a sofer and Baal darshan in the Jewish community of Venice.
He was the author of Iggerot U'Teshubot, letters and responsa, published within Be'er Sheba, Giddulei Terumah a commentary on Rabbi Shmuel HaSardi's Sefer HaTerumot, and a work which remains popular even today, particular amongst Mizrahi Jews, entitled Binah La'Ittim, which contains seventy-five sermons for Shabbat and holidays.
Figo died at Rovigo in 1647.
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