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אברהם די בוטון

Abraham de Boton

רבי חייא אברהם ברבי משה די בוטון המכונה הלחם משנה היה רב, פוסק וראש ישיבה. מחכמי סלוניקי וממפרשי משנה תורה להרמב"ם.

Abraham Hiyya de Boton was a Talmudist and rabbi, a pupil of Samuel de Medina, who later dwelt for the most part at Salonica as rabbi and leader of a Talmudic academy. The name "Ḥiyya" was given him during a dangerous sickness. He was for a time rabbi at Polia; in 1601 he lived in the Old Yishuv, and in 1603 was at Constantinople. He died between 1603 and 1609.