Mordecai ben Abraham Crémieux (Hebrew: מרדכי בן אברהם כרמי, romanized: Mordekhai ben Avraham Karmi; 1749 – May 22, 1825) was a rabbi at Aix, Provence. He was the author of Ma'amar Mordekhai ('Treatise of Mordecai'), a commentary on the Shulḥan Arukh, Oraḥ Ḥayyim, in two parts (Leghorn, 1784). He also financed the first siddur according to the Provençal rite.[1]
Rabbi Mordecai Crémieux | |
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| Born | 1749 |
| Died | May 22, 1825 (aged 75–76) |
| Religion | Judaism |
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Rhine, A. (1903). "Crémieux, Mordecai ben Abraham". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 348.
- ^ Horowitz, Yehoshua (2007). "Karmi (Crémieux)". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
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