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?ayyim B. Samuel B. David of Toledo
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Spanish rabbi and author; lived at the end of the thirteenth century and at the beginning of the fourteenth. He was a pupil of Solomon b. Adret, and left in manuscript a work, "?eror ha-?ayyim," which contains the laws concerning the services for Sabbaths and festivals. Some passages of that work were inserted by Jacob Castro in his "'Erek Le?em." ?ayyim also wrote a compendious work entitled "?eror ha-Kesef," containing the rabbinical laws, with many references to the works of the Geonim and of the greatest authorities of Spain and France. This work is divided into five parts. A copy of the "?eror ha-Kesef," written by Solomon b. Abraham Sorrata in 1461, was brought from Cairo by Tischendorf, from which A. Jellinek extracted the preface and the table of contents. These two works are mentioned by Joseph Caro in his "Bet Yosef" and by Moses b. Joseph di Trani in his Responsa (part , No. 265; part No. 22). ?ayyim was also the author of novell� on the Talmud, which are quoted by Bezaleel Ashkenazi in his manuscripts.
According to Heilprin, the same ?ayyim b. Samuel was the author of another book entitled "?eror ha-?ayyim," which treated in poetical form of the Merkabah and gema?riot. It is mentioned in "Ze?an Aharon" by Aaron ha-Levi.
- Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, p. 283, Warsaw, 1891;
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, part , p. 56; part , p. 126;
- Benjacob, O?ar ha-Sefarim, pp. 512, 513;
- Jellinek, in Monatsschrift, 2:245,287;
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 356.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for '?ayyim B. Samuel B. David of Toledo'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/aayyim-b-samuel-b-david-of-toledo.html. 1901.
