Abraham Sfej

Abraham Sfej (Hebrew: אברהם צפיג, romanized: Avraham Tsfig; early 18th century – 1784) was an 18th-century rabbinical author. He left his native city of Tunis and settled in Jerusalem, sojourning for a time in Constantinople. He died in Amsterdam while raising money there for the Jewish community of Jerusalem.

Publications

• 'Ene Abraham (Amsterdam, 1784), a commentary on the Yad ha-Ḥazakah of Maimonides.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Deutsch, Gotthard; Franco, M. (1905). "Sfej, Abraham". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 211.