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Figo (Pigo), Azariah ben Ephraim
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Preacher at Venice; died at Rovigo 1647. Figo was an excellent scribe, and the scrolls which he wrote are highly prized. He was the author of "Iggerot u-Teshubot," letters and responsa, published in a similar work entitled "Be'er Sheba'," Venice, 1614; "Giddule Terumah," a casuistic commentary on Samuel ha-Sardi's "Sefer ha-Terumot," ib. 1643; "Binah la-'Ittim," seventy-five sermons for Saturdays and holidays (ib. 1647-48), a work which went through many editions and is still very popular with Eastern Jews.
Bibliography:
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, 1:77;
- Berliner, Luḥot Abanim, p. 131, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1881;
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 1:280.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Figo (Pigo), Azariah ben Ephraim'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/f/figo-pigo-azariah-ben-ephraim.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Figo (Pigo), Azariah ben Ephraim'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/f/figo-pigo-azariah-ben-ephraim.html. 1901.
