Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
SASPORTAS, JACOB — (c. 1610–1698), rabbi, a fierce opponent of the Shabbatean movement. He was born and educated in Oran (North Africa) and became widely known for his talmudic erudition. After his appointment as rabbi of the Tlemçen community the neighboring… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas — was a Rabbi, cabalist, and anti Shabbethaian; born at Oran 1610; died at Amsterdam April 15, 1698; father of Isaac ben Jacob Sasportas. He became rabbi successively of Tlemçen (at the age of twenty four), Morocco, Fez, and Sali. About 1646 he was … Wikipedia
Jacob Cansino — (d. September 19, 1666) was Vassal of his Catholic majesty and interpreter of languages in the places of Oran (as he styled himself). (Oran was a Spanish possession at the time, with the right of residency for Jews.) Cansino was the fifth in… … Wikipedia
Jakob Sasportas — Jakob Sasportas. Ölgemälde von Isaac Luttichuys, Amsterdam 1671 Jakob ben Aaron Sasportas (* 1610 in Oran; † 1698 in Amsterdam) war ein Rabbiner, Kabbalist und vehementer Gegner der sabbatianischen Bewegung. I … Deutsch Wikipedia
Abraham ben Jacob Cansino — was a seventeenth century Spanish Jewish poet. He is the author of Aguddat Ezob (A Bunch of Hyssop), a collection of poems and rhetorical compositions, in three parts, praised very highly by Isaac Cansino and David Abu al Khair. Abraham Cansino… … Wikipedia
TLEMCEN — (Lat. Pomaria), city in N.W. algeria ; Judeo Berber center. The berber tribes in the neighboring areas of Tlemcen professed Judaism. Judeo Muslim saints were worshiped there for a long time. In the 10th and 11th centuries scholars of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHABBETAI ẒEVI — (1626–1676), the central figure of Shabbateanism, the messianic movement named after him. Background of the Movement Shabbateanism was the largest and most momentous messianic movement in Jewish history subsequent to the destruction of the Temple … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sabbateans — Also not to be confused with Subbotniks or Sabbatarians. Note: Most Sabbateans during and after Sabbatai Zevi were Jews and practiced only Judaism, whereas the Donmeh officially practice/d Islam and are not regarded as Jews. Sabbateans is a… … Wikipedia
BARRIOS, DANIEL LEVI (Miguel) DE — (1635–1701), Spanish poet and playwright. Barrios was born in Montilla, of a Portuguese Marrano family, and was one of the most eminent exiles who contributed to Spanish literature. Following the execution in 1655 of a relative, Marco (Isaac) de… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TOLEDANO — TOLEDANO, family of rabbis and ḥakhamim which originated in Toledo, spain . After the expulsion from Spain in 1492, the Toledanos were to be found in Safed, Salonika, and Morocco. According to a family tradition, they arrived in Fez during the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
