Abraham Allegri

17th-century rabbi and writer

Rabbi Abraham Allegri
אברהם אליגרי
Title page of "Leb Sameaḥ", Constantinople, 1652
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Abraham Allegri (Hebrew: אברהם אליגרי) was a rabbi and writer who lived at Constantinople about the middle of the seventeenth century. He was a contemporary of Moses Benveniste [he].^[1]

Leb Sameaḥ

Allegri wrote a commentary on the "Sefer Hamitzvot" of Maimonides, in which he defended him against the attacks of Nachmanides. He published this work at Constantinople, in 1652, under the title "Leb Sameaḥ" (A Gladsome Heart) — referring thereby to his own name, Allegri. A number of his responsa were published under the same title in Salonica, 1793.^[1]

References

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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Meyer Kayserling (1901–1906). "ALLEGRI, ABRAHAM". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
- Conforte, Kore ha-Dorot, ed. Berlin, 1846, p. 48b;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 254;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 665;
- Zedner, Catalogue, pp. 29, 30;
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, i. 6, ii. 70.