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Ma?lia?, Judah B. Abraham Padova
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Italian Talmudist, cabalist, and poet; rabbi of Modena, where he died Aug. 10, 1728. He was the author of two works: "Toka?at Megullah" and "'O?erot Sheleg" (the latter cabalistic in nature); and of the following poems: 
Te?inah; 
, an acrostic containing the words 
("the name of seventy-two letters"); and 
, an epigram on human mortality, an epitaph in the cemetery at Pinale. Only a few of his many responsa have been printed.
Judah had two sons: Manasseh Joshua of Modena, brother-in-law of Isaiah Bassani (c. 1750), some of whose responsa have been preserved; and Menahem Azariah, rabbi of Florence (c. 1775), an authority in the Law and a prolific preacher, who also wrote various poems, many of which were liturgical. The genealogy of the family is traced to Abraham b. Samuel of Padua, who married in 1530.
- Senior Sachs,
, Nos. 12a, 20-32, 47; - Zunz, Literaturgesch. pp. 447, 552;
- Landshuth, 'Ammude ha-'Abodah, pp. 192 et seq.;
- Nepi-Ghirondi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, pp. 163, 172, 239.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ma?lia?, Judah B. Abraham Padova'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/m/maaoliaay-judah-b-abraham-padova.html. 1901.
