Jacob ben Abraham Faitusi
Jacob ben Abraham Faitusi (died July 1812 in Algiers) was a Tunisian Jewish scholar. He settled in the later part of his life at Jerusalem, whence he was sent as a collector of alms to Italy and Algeria.
Faitusi was the author of Berit Ya'aqob (Livorno, 1800), the contents of which were as follows: sermons;
novellæ
on Chullin and Pesachim; and poems, entitled "Qontres Acharon."
Faitusi wrote also Yerek Ya'aqob (Livorno, 1842), sermons arranged in the order of the Sabbatical sections, with an appendix entitled "Ya'ir Kokab mi-Ya'aqob," containing novellæ and
Betzah, and an appendix entitled "Yagel Ya'aqob," containing novellæ on Pesachim, Betzah, Rosh Hashanah, Mo'ed Katan, Avodah Zarah, and Makkot
.
Bibliography
- Nepi, Graziadio and Ghirondi, Mordecai, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, p. 211
- Steinschneider, Moritz, Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana col. 1210
- Zedner, Joseph, Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the British Museum, p. 247
- Cazès, David, Notes Bibliographiques sur la Littérature Juive Tunisienne, pp. 182 et seq.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gotthard Deutsch and Isaac Broydé (1901–1906). "Faitusi, Jacob ben Abraham". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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