About Nehemiah Hayyun
Lived 1650 – 1730 (aged 79–80). Nehemiah Hayyun was a Turkish rabbi.
Nehemiah Hiyya ben Moses Hayyun (, – ) was a Bosnian Kabbalist linked to Sabbateanism. His parents, who were Sephardic Jews, lived in Sarajevo in the Ottoman Empire, where he was most likely born; later in life, he pretended that he was a meshulach born in Safed. He received his Talmudic education in Hebron.
Ḥayyun's contribution to the book consists only of two commentaries; a Sabbatean pupil wrote the text anonymously.
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Who was Nehemiah Hayyun?
Bosnian rabbi
When was Nehemiah Hayyun born?
Nehemiah Hayyun was born in 1650 in Sarajevo.
When did Nehemiah Hayyun die?
Nehemiah Hayyun died in 1730 in North Africa.
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Nehemiah Hayyun was a rabbi.
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Nehemiah Hayyun was Turkish.
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