Elijah ha-Kohen

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Elia ha-Kohen († 1729 ) was a Jewish scholar and Kabbalist in Smyrna , best known as the author of the widely read Shevet mussar book .

He also turned against the game of chess, as it distracted too much from studying the Talmud, but did not get through with this conviction.

literature

  • Johann Maier : History of the Jewish Religion. From the time of Alexander the Great to the Enlightenment with a view of the 19th and 20th centuries. Century. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-11-002448-9 , pp. 482-483.
personal data
SURNAME Elijah ha-Kohen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 1729