חיים בן יעקב אבולעפיה

Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia was a rabbinical authority. He was the grandfather of Chaim Nissim Abulafia and grandson of Isaac Nissim ben Gamil. Abulafia was a rabbi in Smyrna, where he instituted many wholesome regulations. In his old age (1740) he restored the Jewish community in Tiberias.