Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia

Who was Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia?

Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia, Ottoman Syria was a rabbinical authority. He was the grandfather of Hayyim ben David Abulafia and grandson of Isaac Nissim aben Gamil. Abulafia was a rabbi in Smyrna, where he instituted many wholesome regulations. In his old age he restored the Jewish community in Tiberias.

He is the author of several works:

⁕"Mikrae kodesh", Smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on Biblical and Talmudical themes;

⁕"Yosef Lemad", Smyrna, 1730-32, a work in three volumes on the Pentateuch;

⁕"Yashresh Ya'akob", Smyrna, 1729; and

⁕"Shebut Ya'akob", Smyrna, 1733, an elaborate commentary on the haggadic compilation "'Ein Yaakov," by Jacob ibn Habib and others.