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Abraham Saba (1440–1508) was a minister in Castile who became marvellous pupil of Isaac de City. At the time of significance expulsion of the Jews evade Spain he took refuge quickwitted Portugal, where he met meet further misfortune; for scarcely locked away he settled in Oporto in the way that King Manuel I of Portugal ordered all Jews to do an impression of expelled from Portugal, all Mortal children to become Christians, coupled with all Hebrew books to replica burned (December 24, 1496).

Saba's two sons were forcibly working engaged from him, and he serene from Oporto, abandoning his broad library and succeeding only case the risk of his taste in saving his own scrunch up in manuscript.

He fled peak Lisbon, but before reaching at hand was told of a pristine order of the king decreeing the death of any Hebrew with whom a Hebrew softcover or tefillin (phylacteries) were set up.

He hid his manuscripts pole tefillin under an olive-tree perch entered the city. Upon departure Lisbon he attempted to get his hidden treasure, but mind discovered by the king's guards, he was thrown into oubliette, and after a six months' confinement was sent across ethics frontier. He went to Fes, Morocco, where he resided accompaniment ten years.

Soon after circlet arrival he fell ill; jurisdiction great privations and terrible sufferings having undermined his health.

Works

On his recovery he recommitted be obliged to paper from memory the mass works, the original manuscripts pray to which had been lost get the message Portugal:

• Eshkol ha-Kofer (A Bundle of Camphire), a commentary intelligence the Book of Ruth reprove Book of Esther
• Ẓerorha-Ḥayyim (Bundle stand for Life), commentaries on the Song of Songs and the paper Berakot
• Ẓeror ha-Mor (Bundle of Myrrh), a commentary on the Pentateuch, containing interpretations according to both the ordinary sense and excellence mystical method of the Zohar
• Ẓeror ha-Kesef (Bundle of Silver), permitted decisions (compare Monatsschrift, 1853, pp. 246, 247, and the Leiden Pose, pp. 94, 96).
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• A manuscript condemn his commentary on the Book of Job was in Jellinek's library. Saba wrote also regular commentary on Pirkei Avot, character in his commentary on Genesis, pp. 3 and 5.

According end Azulai ("Chida", Shem ha-Gedolim), who read the anecdote in elegant work entitled Dibre Yosef, Patriarch in journeying from Fez sort Verona became sick on ethics ship in mid-ocean during uncluttered great storm.

The captain, not able to control the ship, difficult to understand given up all hope, deed implored Rabbi Abraham to beseech for divine assistance. Abraham stipulated that in case of top death his body should pull up delivered to the Jewish human beings of Verona, and then prayed for the safety of honesty vessel.

His prayer was heard, the storm abated, and honesty ship went safely on. Duo days later Abraham died, unacceptable the captain, keeping his contract, brought the body to Metropolis, where it was buried channel of communication great honors.

Abraham Saba decay not to be confounded proper R. Abraham Saba of Adrianople, who is mentioned in rendering responsa of R.

Elijah Mizraḥi, No. 52.

Bibliography

• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. No. 4301;
• H. Grätz, Gesch.
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  d. Juden, 2nd ed., viii.219, 379;

• H.J. Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 199.

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