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Dobroje

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Rabbi and cabalist; died at Jerusalem in 1813. He was one of the ?asidic followers of Israel Ba'al Shem, and after he had been rabbi at five different towns, among them Moghilef and Czernowitz, he settled in Jerusalem.

?ayyim was the author of: "Siddure shel Shabbat," cabalistic homilies on Sabbatical subjects, Poryck, 1818; "Be'er Mayim ?ayyim," novell� on the Pentateuch, in two parts, Czernowitz, pt. 1:1820, pt. 2:1849; "Sha'ar ha-Tefillah," cabalistic reflections on prayer, Sudilkov, 1837; "Ere? ha-?ayyim," in two parts: (1) a homiletic commentary on the Prophets and Hagiographa, and (2) novell� on the treatise Berakot, Czernowitz, 1861. ?ayyim is mentioned by Sender Margalioth in his responsa on the Shul?an 'Aruk, Eben ha-'Ezer.

Bibliography:
  • Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 365;
  • Walden, Shem ha-Gedolim he-?adash, p. 48.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Dobroje'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​d/dobroje.html. 1901.
 
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