Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia


Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia 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:
  1. "Mikrae Kodesh", Smyrna, 1729, containing treatises on Biblical and Talmudical themes;
  2. "Yosef Lekach", Smyrna, 1730–32, a work in three volumes on the Pentateuch;
  3. "Yashresh Ya'akob", Smyrna, 1729; and
  4. "Shebut Ya'akob", Smyrna, 1733, an elaborate commentary on the haggadic compilation "'Ein Yaakov," by Jacob ibn Habib and others.