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17th-century Talmudist and Hebrew poet

Moses Judah ben Meir Abbas (Hebrew: משה יהודה בן מאיר עבאס, romanizedMoshe Yehudah Abbas; c. 1601–1671), also known by the acronym Mashya (משי״ע), was a 17th-century Talmudist and Hebrew poet.

Abbas was born in Salonika (back then part of the Ottoman Empire) into a prominent Sephardi literary family. He later settled in Egypt, where he founded a yeshiva and Talmud Torah, and, in the last years of his life, served as a rabbi in Rosetta. He left a commentary entitled Kisse kavod on the minor tractates Kallah, Soferim, and Semaḥot, and several responsa, which exist in manuscript form in the Bodleian collection.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGinzberg, Louis (1901). "Abbas, Moses Judah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 38.

  1. Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Abbas, Moses Judah ben Meir". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  2.  Ginzberg, Louis (1901). "Abbas, Moses Judah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 38.


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