Shlomo ben Afeda Ha-Kohen

Shlomo ben Afeda Ha-Kohen or Solomon Afeda Cohen (in ) (1826–1893) was a Karaite hakham of the 19th century considered the last of the Karaite sages of Constantinople.

He is famous for his two abridgements of Elijah Bashyazi's masterpiece "Aderet Eliyahu" (The Mantle of Elijah): Sefer Gefen Ha-Adderet composed in 1860 and Sefer Yeriot Shelomoh composed in 1862.

Solomon Cohen proposed shortening the prayers of the Karaite festivals with the aim to attract more Karaites to the temple (Knessa). He also worked as a scribe and composed many poems.

Biography His biography has been reported by Abraham Danon in 1925. He was born in Constantinople in 1826 (5586 in the Hebrew calendar). After that, Solomon Cohen did not have recourse to any teacher but studied by himself all the works of the Karaite authors, both printed and manuscript, as well as the works of the Jews of Spain, which he said were "truly inspired by God". family of Karaite scholars from Constantinople.