125:
59:
1267:
877:
paints in vivid colors the character of the Radbaz, in whose house he lived for ten years. According to Akrish, the Radbaz was prominent in both the social and the political life of Egypt thanks to his status as a wealthy intellectual. During the time he served as Chief Rabbi, he introduced many
854:, a title he held for forty years. He was highly revered for his vast knowledge, integrity of character, and extensive philanthropy. Independently wealthy, the Radbaz was a successful merchant with business connections in other countries. The
1152:
are his greatest contribution to Jewish literature; parts of it were published in
Livorno, 1651 (Nos. 1–300); Venice, 1799 (Nos. 1–318); Fürth, 1781 (Nos. 400–649); Livorno, 1818 (Nos. 2051–2341). A complete edition of the
1176:
The Life and Times of Rabbi David Ibn Abi Zimra: A Social, Economic, and
Cultural Study of Jewish Life in the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th Centuries as Reflected in the Responsa of the RDBZ
1258:, list the date of his death as 1589, aged 110. Mattis Kantor in "Codex Judaica" (p. 210) agrees with the notion that he died aged 110, but records his birth year as 1463 and death year as 1573.
1097:
1206:
This statement, which is given by all his biographers, is contested by
Frumkin ("Eben Shemuel," p. 48). However, in Rabbi David ibn Abi Zimra's Questions & Responsa, Part II,
1327:
1232:
1377:
1335:
1047:
893:
Upon attaining the age of 90, the Radbaz resigned the chief rabbinate and divided the greater part of his fortune among the poor, making special provision for
1407:
639:
1417:
1422:
1164:(a collection of responsa written by Rabbi David ibn Abi Zimra, published in 2 vols., in seven parts) (Venice, 1749), reprinted in Israel, n.d.
828:
366:
169:
209:
1387:
710:
1412:
1195:
1427:
913:, who held him in great esteem. He spent the last 20 years of his life in peace, continuing his learning and writing.
788:
The Radbaz was born in Spain around 1479. He was thirteen years of age when his family, like all
Spanish Jews, were
1402:
1284:
1397:
703:
622:
879:
189:
446:
298:
274:
250:
204:
184:
1311:
917:
601:
585:
292:
89:
1392:
1011:
696:
137:
1293:
1254:
1115:
577:
569:
459:
1382:
545:
1319:
194:
1372:
1367:
244:
199:
890:, as was done in other Jewish communities and continues to be done until the present day.
8:
1339:
671:
651:
423:
174:
1249:
646:
322:
233:
178:
1140:("Seventy Faces to the Torah") – the latter two works are mentioned in the preface of
961:
859:
656:
628:
1210:# 596, the rabbi says explicitly that when he was aged thirteen, he lived in Safed.
1061:
1043:
812:
801:
797:
678:
634:
561:
553:
395:
238:
101:
1432:
1101:
1039:
973:
858:
which he founded and supported attracted many distinguished students, among them
789:
727:
593:
438:
286:
280:
164:
1280:
1303:
1288:
1276:
1130:
902:
808:
661:
346:
310:
256:
141:
133:
64:
776:
1361:
1271:
1075:
1065:
942:
870:
522:
361:
341:
909:, where he became an active member of the rabbinical court presided over by
906:
886:
in the
Egyptian Jewish community and reintroduced the dating of years from
883:
874:
843:
815:
766:
502:
351:
316:
1025:
916:
The Radbaz died in Safed in 1573 at the age of 94, and was buried in the
910:
863:
847:
771:
666:
527:
452:
402:
356:
268:
262:
158:
124:
1270: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
1085:
937:
901:. But he did not stay there long, due to the burdensome taxes that the
887:
517:
497:
304:
116:
1119:
1051:
898:
755:
683:
512:
428:
1275:
1021:
819:
477:
433:
96:
960:("Honor of Excellency") – containing answers to the criticisms of
1347:
951:
855:
507:
389:
214:
75:
988:
in 1757, and the remaining portions in the Vilna edition of the
1235:
also stands by the 1479-1573 dates, as does Israel M. Goldman,
1029:
1003:
999:
985:
482:
467:
384:
1178:, New York, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1970.
894:
851:
839:
824:
793:
760:
492:
487:
472:
52:
1239:(see Bibliography), p. 16, who says he died in 1573 aged 94.
1064:
according to the four methods of explanation known as the "
905:
had imposed upon Jews. He settled in Safed, capital of the
758:
of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries who was a leading
129:
968:
and commentaries on those passages in that work which the
946:, published by Joseph Zamiro, together with his own work,
1118:, still extant in manuscript in the Abarbanel Library in
780:(halakhic decisions) as well as several scholarly works.
1128:("The Great and Small Decisions") – a commentary on the
1060:("The Bulwark of David") – revealing reasons for the
1038:("Shield of David") – a mystical explanation of the
976:overlooks; of these commentaries, the portions on
878:reforms to the everyday life and religion of the
1359:
1074:("David's Poem") – Kabbalistic homilies on the
838:by the Turkish government, the Radbaz moved to
932:("Words of David") – containing decisions and
1378:16th-century rabbis from the Mamluk Sultanate
834:In 1517, upon the abolition of the office of
704:
738:(רַדְבָּ"ז) after the initials of his name,
732:ר׳ דָּוִד בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹה אִבְּן אָבִי זִמְרָא
1088:, first published with the above-mentioned
800:, where he studied under the direction of
711:
697:
1408:Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Safed
882:. It was he who abolished the use of the
869:In the introduction to his commentary on
1104:in the ritual for the eve of Yom Kippur.
822:(rabbinical court) presided over by the
1418:Sephardi Jews from the Mamluk Sultanate
1423:Sephardi rabbis from Ottoman Palestine
1360:
1100:of Smyrna, and finally inserted by
1098:Elijah ben Abraham Solomon ha-Kohen
1084:("Crown of Royalty") – prayers for
731:
13:
1302:Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
1157:was published in Sudzilkow, 1836.
818:, where he became a member of the
14:
1444:
1285:"David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra"
1219:Rabbi David ibn Zimra, chabad.org
807:For unknown reasons, he left the
724:David ben Solomon ibn (Abi) Zimra
1388:Jews expelled from Spain in 1492
1297:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
1265:
774:, and author of more than 3,000
123:
57:
1168:
640:Applicability of religious laws
23:David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra
1413:Authors of books on Jewish law
1242:
1222:
1213:
1200:
1189:
1006:, published in the collection
811:aged 31 or 32 and traveled to
16:Spanish-born rabbi (1479–1573)
1:
1182:
1078:, still extant in manuscript.
936:(original Torah thoughts) on
623:History of Palestine (region)
200:Hebron massacre (August 1834)
1428:16th-century Moroccan rabbis
783:
195:Plunder of Safed (June 1834)
7:
897:scholars. He then moved to
10:
1449:
1002:") – a methodology of the
734:) (1479–1573) also called
251:Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
185:Revival of Tiberias (1563)
918:Safed Old Jewish Cemetery
842:. There he was appointed
792:. His parents settled in
107:
95:
90:Safed Old Jewish Cemetery
85:
81:
71:
45:
33:
28:
21:
1338:, p. 347, No. 779;
1237:The Life and Times of...
1162:Questions & Responsa
1012:Abraham ben Solomon Akra
923:
1403:Exponents of Jewish law
1328:Reuben Joseph Wunderbar
1294:The Jewish Encyclopedia
1255:The Jewish Encyclopedia
1196:"Rabbi David Ibn Zimra"
1020:("Pristine Light") – a
546:Great Academy of Paris
190:Sack of Tiberias (1660)
1291:; et al. (eds.).
1248:Some sources, such as
1110:– a commentary on the
950:("Wealth of Joseph"),
884:Seleucid dating system
215:Moshavot establishment
170:Manuel I decree (1496)
165:Alhambra decree (1492)
1398:Chief rabbis of Egypt
1320:Moritz Steinschneider
1230:Encyclopaedia Judaica
1138:Shivim Panim la-Torah
1336:Michael, Or ha-Chaim
1114:with notes by Rabbi
1050:, edited by Chagis,
460:Mishkenot Sha'ananim
1174:Israel M. Goldman,
1126:Dinei Rabba ve-Zuta
790:banished from Spain
754:imra, was an early
672:Haredim and Zionism
245:Obadiah MiBartenura
210:Jerusalem expansion
205:Safed attack (1838)
1068:" (Zolkiev, 1862).
984:were published in
647:History of Zionism
586:Johanan ben Zakai
323:Haim Aharon Valero
1355:
1354:, pp. 47–51.
1092:reprinted in the
1008:Me-Harere Nemarim
996:Kelalei ha-Gemara
962:Abraham ben David
860:Bezalel Ashkenazi
721:
720:
657:Pre-Modern Aliyah
629:History of Israel
342:Etrog cultivation
159:Nachmanides Aliya
132:community in the
111:
110:
1440:
1344:Keneset Yisrael,
1316:Shem ha-Gedolim,
1301:
1298:
1269:
1268:
1259:
1246:
1240:
1226:
1220:
1217:
1211:
1204:
1198:
1193:
1072:Michtam le-David
1062:613 commandments
1024:work, edited by
802:Joseph Saragossi
798:Mamluk Sultanate
733:
713:
706:
699:
679:Edah HaChareidis
635:Four Holy Cities
614:Related articles
605:
602:Tifereth Israel
597:
589:
581:
573:
565:
557:
549:
462:
455:
405:
398:
239:Joseph Saragossi
181:massacres (1517)
127:
113:
112:
102:Joseph Saragossi
63:
61:
60:
19:
18:
1448:
1447:
1443:
1442:
1441:
1439:
1438:
1437:
1393:Rabbis in Safed
1358:
1357:
1289:Singer, Isidore
1266:
1263:
1262:
1247:
1243:
1227:
1223:
1218:
1214:
1205:
1201:
1194:
1190:
1185:
1171:
1040:Hebrew alphabet
1014:, Venice, 1599.
998:("Rules of the
974:Vidal of Tolosa
964:on Maimonides'
926:
786:
717:
688:
631:
609:
603:
595:
587:
579:
571:
563:
555:
547:
532:
458:
451:
443:
410:
401:
394:
371:
362:Soap production
328:
299:Menachem Mendel
287:Yehuda he-Hasid
281:Moses ibn Habib
219:
145:
67:
58:
56:
50:
41:
38:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1446:
1436:
1435:
1430:
1425:
1420:
1415:
1410:
1405:
1400:
1395:
1390:
1385:
1380:
1375:
1370:
1308:Dore ha-Dorot,
1304:David Conforte
1277:Louis Ginzberg
1261:
1260:
1241:
1221:
1212:
1199:
1187:
1186:
1184:
1181:
1180:
1179:
1170:
1167:
1166:
1165:
1146:
1145:
1135:
1131:Shulkhan Arukh
1123:
1108:Gilui le-Idrot
1105:
1079:
1069:
1058:Metzudat David
1055:
1033:
1015:
993:
970:Maggid Mishneh
955:
925:
922:
903:Ottoman Empire
809:Land of Israel
785:
782:
719:
718:
716:
715:
708:
701:
693:
690:
689:
687:
686:
681:
676:
675:
674:
669:
664:
662:Return to Zion
659:
654:
644:
643:
642:
637:
627:
625:
619:
616:
615:
611:
610:
608:
607:
599:
591:
583:
575:
570:Abraham Avinu
567:
559:
551:
542:
539:
538:
534:
533:
531:
530:
525:
520:
515:
510:
505:
500:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
465:
464:
463:
456:
442:
441:
436:
431:
426:
420:
417:
416:
412:
411:
409:
408:
407:
406:
399:
387:
381:
378:
377:
373:
372:
370:
369:
364:
359:
354:
349:
344:
338:
335:
334:
330:
329:
327:
326:
320:
314:
311:Aaron Hershler
308:
302:
296:
290:
284:
278:
272:
266:
260:
257:Levi ibn Habib
254:
248:
242:
236:
229:
226:
225:
221:
220:
218:
217:
212:
207:
202:
197:
192:
187:
182:
172:
167:
162:
155:
152:
151:
147:
146:
134:Land of Israel
128:
120:
119:
109:
108:
105:
104:
99:
93:
92:
87:
83:
82:
79:
78:
73:
69:
68:
65:Ottoman Empire
51:
47:
43:
42:
39:
35:
31:
30:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1445:
1434:
1431:
1429:
1426:
1424:
1421:
1419:
1416:
1414:
1411:
1409:
1406:
1404:
1401:
1399:
1396:
1394:
1391:
1389:
1386:
1384:
1383:Rosh yeshivas
1381:
1379:
1376:
1374:
1371:
1369:
1366:
1365:
1363:
1356:
1353:
1349:
1346:p. 234;
1345:
1341:
1337:
1333:
1329:
1325:
1321:
1317:
1313:
1310:p. 36b;
1309:
1305:
1299:
1296:
1295:
1290:
1286:
1283:(1901–1906).
1282:
1278:
1273:
1272:public domain
1257:
1256:
1251:
1245:
1238:
1234:
1231:
1225:
1216:
1209:
1203:
1197:
1192:
1188:
1177:
1173:
1172:
1163:
1160:
1159:
1158:
1156:
1151:
1148:The Radbaz's
1143:
1139:
1136:
1133:
1132:
1127:
1124:
1121:
1117:
1113:
1109:
1106:
1103:
1099:
1095:
1091:
1087:
1083:
1080:
1077:
1076:Song of Songs
1073:
1070:
1067:
1066:Pardes system
1063:
1059:
1056:
1053:
1049:
1045:
1041:
1037:
1034:
1031:
1027:
1023:
1019:
1016:
1013:
1009:
1005:
1001:
997:
994:
991:
990:Mishneh Torah
987:
983:
979:
975:
971:
967:
966:Mishneh Torah
963:
959:
958:Yekar Tiferet
956:
953:
949:
945:
944:
943:Mishneh Torah
939:
935:
931:
928:
927:
921:
919:
914:
912:
908:
904:
900:
896:
891:
889:
885:
881:
880:Egyptian Jews
876:
872:
871:Song of Songs
867:
865:
861:
857:
853:
849:
845:
841:
837:
832:
830:
827:
826:
821:
817:
814:
810:
805:
803:
799:
795:
791:
781:
779:
778:
773:
769:
768:
763:
762:
757:
753:
749:
745:
741:
737:
729:
725:
714:
709:
707:
702:
700:
695:
694:
692:
691:
685:
682:
680:
677:
673:
670:
668:
665:
663:
660:
658:
655:
653:
650:
649:
648:
645:
641:
638:
636:
633:
632:
630:
626:
624:
621:
620:
618:
617:
613:
612:
606:
600:
598:
592:
590:
584:
582:
576:
574:
568:
566:
560:
558:
552:
550:
544:
543:
541:
540:
536:
535:
529:
526:
524:
521:
519:
516:
514:
511:
509:
506:
504:
501:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
461:
457:
454:
450:
449:
448:
445:
444:
440:
437:
435:
432:
430:
427:
425:
422:
421:
419:
418:
414:
413:
404:
400:
397:
393:
392:
391:
388:
386:
383:
382:
380:
379:
375:
374:
368:
365:
363:
360:
358:
355:
353:
350:
348:
345:
343:
340:
339:
337:
336:
332:
331:
324:
321:
318:
315:
312:
309:
306:
303:
300:
297:
294:
293:Haim Abulafia
291:
288:
285:
282:
279:
276:
275:Moses Galante
273:
270:
267:
264:
261:
258:
255:
252:
249:
246:
243:
240:
237:
235:
231:
230:
228:
227:
223:
222:
216:
213:
211:
208:
206:
203:
201:
198:
196:
193:
191:
188:
186:
183:
180:
176:
173:
171:
168:
166:
163:
160:
157:
156:
154:
153:
149:
148:
143:
139:
135:
131:
126:
122:
121:
118:
115:
114:
106:
103:
100:
98:
94:
91:
88:
84:
80:
77:
74:
70:
66:
54:
48:
44:
36:
32:
27:
20:
1352:Eben Shemuel
1351:
1343:
1332:Orient, Lit.
1331:
1323:
1315:
1307:
1300:
1292:
1281:Isaac Broydé
1264:
1253:
1244:
1236:
1229:
1224:
1215:
1207:
1202:
1191:
1175:
1169:Bibliography
1161:
1154:
1149:
1147:
1141:
1137:
1129:
1125:
1111:
1107:
1094:Shevet Musar
1093:
1089:
1082:Keter Malkut
1081:
1071:
1057:
1048:Judah Ḥayyaṭ
1035:
1017:
1007:
995:
989:
981:
977:
969:
965:
957:
947:
941:
933:
930:Divrei David
929:
915:
907:Safad Sanjak
892:
875:Isaac Akrish
868:
844:Hakham Bashi
835:
833:
829:Isaac Sholal
823:
806:
787:
775:
767:rosh yeshiva
765:
759:
751:
747:
743:
739:
735:
723:
722:
424:Musta'arabim
376:Philanthropy
317:Jacob Saphir
232:Nachmanides
1373:1573 deaths
1368:1479 births
1142:Magen David
1116:Chaim Vital
1090:Ohr Kadmon,
1036:Magen David
1026:Moses Hagiz
1022:Kabbalistic
911:Joseph Karo
864:Isaac Luria
848:Chief Rabbi
772:chief rabbi
667:Three Oaths
528:Petah Tikva
453:Mea Shearim
415:Communities
403:Judah Touro
269:Joseph Nasi
263:Jacob Berab
224:Key figures
1362:Categories
1326:col. 888;
1324:Cat. Bodl.
1250:Chabad.org
1183:References
1102:Heidenheim
1086:Yom Kippur
1046:and Rabbi
1018:Ohr Kadmon
938:Maimonides
934:chiddushim
813:Wattasinid
537:Synagogues
523:Shefa-'Amr
518:Kafr Yasif
396:Montefiore
347:Winemaking
305:Haim Farhi
150:Key events
117:Old Yishuv
1208:responsum
1120:Jerusalem
1052:Amsterdam
1042:opposing
948:Hon Yosef
899:Jerusalem
784:Biography
447:Jerusalem
429:Sephardim
325:(d. 1923)
319:(d. 1886)
313:(d. 1873)
307:(d. 1820)
301:(d. 1788)
295:(d. 1744)
289:(d. 1700)
283:(d. 1696)
277:(d. 1689)
271:(d. 1579)
265:(d. 1546)
259:(d. 1545)
253:(d. 1528)
247:(d. 1515)
241:(d. 1507)
1334:ix.498;
1155:responsa
1150:responsa
1044:Recanati
978:Hafla'ah
888:Creation
820:beth din
777:responsa
652:Timeline
478:Tiberias
434:Perushim
367:Textiles
357:Printing
234:(d.1270)
97:Semikhah
72:Religion
29:Personal
1348:Frumkin
1274::
1054:, 1713.
1032:, 1713.
992:, 1890.
982:Zera'im
954:, 1828.
952:Livorno
856:yeshiva
756:Acharon
588:(1600s)
580:(1570s)
564:(1490s)
562:Abuhav
554:Ramban
508:Shechem
498:Peki'in
439:Hasidim
390:Halukka
352:Banking
333:Economy
142:Ottoman
76:Judaism
1433:Poskim
1318:i.44;
1312:Azulai
1030:Venice
1004:Talmud
1000:Gemara
986:Smyrna
736:Radbaz
728:Hebrew
684:ShaDaR
604:(1872)
596:(1700)
594:Hurva
572:(1540)
556:(1267)
548:(1258)
483:Biriya
468:Hebron
385:Kollel
175:Hebron
161:(1263)
138:Mamluk
136:under
130:Jewish
86:Buried
62:
1340:Fuenn
1330:, in
1287:. In
1112:Idrot
924:Works
895:Torah
852:Egypt
846:, or
840:Cairo
836:nagid
825:nagid
794:Safed
761:posek
746:avid
742:abbi
493:Haifa
488:Jaffa
473:Safed
179:Safed
53:Safed
40:Spain
1279:and
1252:and
1233:here
1228:The
980:and
862:and
578:Ari
513:Gaza
503:Acco
177:and
144:rule
140:and
49:1573
46:Died
37:1479
34:Born
1096:of
1010:of
972:of
850:of
816:Fez
750:en
1364::
1350:,
1342:,
1322:,
1314:,
1306:,
1028:,
940:'
920:.
873:,
866:.
831:.
804:.
796:,
770:,
764:,
730::
55:,
1144:.
1134:.
1122:.
752:Z
748:b
744:D
740:R
726:(
712:e
705:t
698:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
