About Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili
Lived 1846 – 1918 (aged 71–72). Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili was a Turkish rabbi.
Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili (1846 in Tiberias – 1918) was a 19th-century Sephardi rabbi in Tiberias, Ottoman Palestine. He was a prolific writer and authored several works including Yalkut Talmud Torah, Torat ha-Mincha, Gulat ha-Koteret, Yayin ha-Meshumar and Sefer ha-Yichut. He was also instrumental in the erection of a synagogue and lodgings for pilgrims at the tomb of the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Meir on the outskirts of Tiberias.
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Who was Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili?
Ottoman rabbi
When was Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili born?
Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili was born in 1846.
When did Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili die?
Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili died in 1918.
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Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili was a rabbi.
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Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili was Turkish.
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