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Ḥayyim ben Tobiah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Russian rabbi; lived in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He was among the pupils of Elijah of Wilna, and settled in Safed. In a letter from Safed, dated 1810, he exhorts the Jews of Russia to contribute to the assistance of students in the Holy Land, and refers to the bet ha-midrash established there by the pupils of Elijah of Wilna.
Bibliography:- Fuenn, Ḳiryah Ne'emanah, pp. 163, 164.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ḥayyim ben Tobiah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/ayyim-ben-tobiah.html. 1901.