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Heilbut, Abraham ben Judah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
German Talmudist; lived at Altona in the middle of the eighteenth century. In July, 1751, he wrote there "Binah Rabbah," a commentary to the Midrash Rabbah and on the Midrashim to Psalms; Proverbs, and Samuel. Chief attention is given to words not foundin the "'Aruk." The work is still unpublished. He was also the author of "'Aruk Ḳaṭon," a vocabulary of the Talmud (also unpublished); and of "Kaf Naḥat," a commentary on Pirḳe Abot (Altona, 1779).
Bibliography:- Neubauer, Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS. No. 148;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 246, No. 281.
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M. Sel.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Heilbut, Abraham ben Judah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/heilbut-abraham-ben-judah.html. 1901.