ABULAFIA — (Heb. אַבּוּלְעֲפְיָה; Arabic for father of health ; also Abulaffia, Abulefia, Abualefia, Abu Alafia, etc.), widespread and influential family, members of which were rabbis, poets, statesmen, and communal leaders in Spain. After the expulsion of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABULAFIA (A.) — ABULAFIA ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL (1240 apr. 1291) Kabbaliste né à Saragosse, Abulafia voyage dès sa première jeunesse en Palestine, où la guerre des chrétiens contre les musulmans l’arrête à Acre et le force à revenir en Europe. Il se marie en Grèce,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Abulafia — (12–14th centuries) Spanish family. The members of the Abulafia family were community leaders, poets, rabbis and Cabbalists in medieval Spain. The most important branch of the family lived in Toledo. Especially significant were the following.… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
Abulafia — Ausschnitt aus der Stammtafel der Familie Abulafia. Abulafia ist die latinisierte Version des arabischen Namens أبو العافية, Abu l Afiyya, hebr. אבולעפיה). Unter sephardischen Juden ist er als Familienname weit verbreitet. Namensträger Abraham… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ABULAFIA, MEIR — (1170?–1244), talmudic commentator, thinker, and poet; the most renowned Spanish rabbi of the first half of the 13th century. His only son Judah died in 1226, but his grandchildren and great grandchildren through his daughters lived in Toledo… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABULAFIA, ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL — (1240–after 1291), founder of the prophetic Kabbalah. Born in Saragossa, Spain, Abulafia moved to Tudela in his childhood and studied with his father until the latter s death in 1258. In 1260 he left Spain for the Land of Israel in search for the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Abulafia (disambiguation) — Abulafia (the Latinized version of the Arabic name أبو العافية, Abu l Afiyya , he. אבולעפיה) can refer to:#Name of a widely scattered Sephardi Jewish family, one of whose branches, for the sake of clearer designation, bore the surname of ha Levi … Wikipedia
ABULAFIA, TODROS BEN JUDAH HA-LEVI — (1247–after 1298), Hebrew poet. He was born in Toledo and spent most of his life there. Todros was a member of a well known family of the city, although his kinships with other Abulafias, such as meir abulafia , or with the Rav, todros ben joseph … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABULAFIA, ḤAYYIM BEN JACOB — (II) (c. 1660–1744), rabbi, known as the Second. He is grandson of hayyim ben jacob abulafia the First. About 1666 the Abulafia family moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, where Hayyim studied with Moses Galante and others. In 1699 he went on a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABULAFIA, ḤAYYIM BEN DAVID — (c. 1700–1775), rabbi and codifier. Abulafia, a grandson of Ḥayyim ben Jacob Abulafia, was born either in Jerusalem or in Smyrna. He studied under isaac rappaport , author of Battei Kehunnah. About 1740 he was appointed rabbi of Larissa (Greece) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
