יצחק חילו

Isaac Chelo
Rishonim · c. 1050-1500 CE

יצחק בן יוסף חילו היה יהודי ספרדי ונוסע לארץ ישראל מהמאה ה-14. עלה לארץ ישראל בשנת 1333. מכתב בן שלושה עמודים בעברית לאביו ולקרוביו בספרד נשתמר בספרייה הלאומית של צרפת וכתב היד המקורי אבד.

Isaac Chelo, in Hebrew יצחק חילו, was a rabbi of the 14th century. His place of residence is unclear. Eliakim Carmoly, in his French supposed translation of Chelo's itinerary, wrote "Laresa du royaume d'Aragon", which Gershom Scholem interpreted as an erroneous spelling of Lerida. However, Dan Shapira took it to mean Larissa in Thessaly. Chelo is famous for an itinerary of the Holy Land first published in 1847, though many believe it to have been forged by Carmoly.

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