A prominent Spanish Jewish family descended from Judah ben Barzilai, the members of which, are known to have lived chiefly at Barcelona from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. Most of the members used the name "Ḥen"; one of them, Solomon ben Moses, signed himself twice "Solomon b. Moses Ḥen" ("Minḥat Ḳena'ot," pp. 154, 157) and once "Solomon Gracian" (ib. p. 163). Several members of this family signed in 1305, together with Solomon Adret, the protestation against the teaching of philosophy (ib. pp. 61, 74, 154, 157, 162, 163). The following are the principal members of the family:
Flourished at the end of the fourteenth century. There is a responsum of his on the subject of taxes to be paid by persons who left Gerona and settled at Perpignan (Neubauer, "Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS." No. 22184e).
Contemporary of Astruc Vidal Gracian; wrote a responsum on the same subject (ib.).
Flourished at Candia in the sixteenth century; mentioned by Jacob ha-Levi in his Responsa, No. 38, and by Joseph di Trani in his Responsa, , No. 15 (Conforte, "Ḳore ha-Dorot," pp. 47a, 48b).
Lived at Candia in the sixteenth century; mentioned in the Responsa of Joseph b. Loeb, , Nos. 2, 102 (ib. p. 38a).
Signer of the protestation of 1305 ("Minḥat Ḳena'ot," p. 61).
Signer of the protestation of 1305 (ib. pp. 61, 162).
Flourished at Candia in the sixteenth century, frequently mentioned in the Responsa of Joseph Caro (Conforte, c. 36b).
Signer of the protestation of 1305 ("Minḥat Ḳena'ot," pp. 61, 157).
See See Gracian, Shealtiel.
Probably a grandson of the preceding.
Signer of the protestation of 1305.
Gracian, Solomon ben Moses.
See Gracian, Zerahiah ben Isaac ben Shealtiel.
Signer of the protestation of 1305 ("Minḥat Ḳena'ot," p. 157).