Avraham ben Yosef HaLevi Segal (c. 1620 – c. 1670) was a Polish commentator born in Cracow. In consequence of the persecution of the Jews of Poland by the Cossacks in 1656, he fled from his native city and sought asylum in Hamburg. There he wrote a commentary on Megillas Taanis, which was printed in Amsterdam, in 1659, and went through several editions. His work, however, was not favorably received by his contemporaries, for both Efraim Cohen, author of Sha'ar Efraim, a collection of rabbinical decisions, and Abraham Gombiner, author of Magen Avraham, refer to him somewhat disparagingly.
He died, probably in Hamburg, about 1670, or at least some time after 1659.
abraham, joseph, levi, avraham, yosef, halevi, segal, 1620, 1670, polish, commentator, born, cracow, consequence, persecution, jews, poland, cossacks, 1656, fled, from, native, city, sought, asylum, hamburg, there, wrote, commentary, megillas, taanis, which, p. Avraham ben Yosef HaLevi Segal c 1620 c 1670 was a Polish commentator born in Cracow In consequence of the persecution of the Jews of Poland by the Cossacks in 1656 he fled from his native city and sought asylum in Hamburg There he wrote a commentary on Megillas Taanis which was printed in Amsterdam in 1659 and went through several editions His work however was not favorably received by his contemporaries for both Efraim Cohen author of Sha ar Efraim a collection of rabbinical decisions and Abraham Gombiner author of Magen Avraham refer to him somewhat disparagingly He died probably in Hamburg about 1670 or at least some time after 1659 References Edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Louis Ginzberg 1901 1906 Abraham ben Joseph ha Levi In Singer Isidore et al eds The Jewish Encyclopedia New York Funk amp Wagnalls Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography Michael Or ha Ḥayyim No 124 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abraham ben Joseph ha Levi amp oldid 1160698591, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
