Meyuchas
The Meyuchas (Meyuhas, Meyouhas) are a
Modern settlement on the site of the
Abraham ben Samuel Meyuchas (died 1767) - Born in Jerusalem. Authored a commentary on the Torah, Sedeh ha-Eretz (three parts, Salonika, 1784,1789, Livorno 1788) of Diglo Ahavah, a commentary on the Derech Etz ha-Chaim of Isaac Luria.[3]
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (Moses Joseph Mordechai Meyuchas) (1738-1805) - born in Jerusalem. Served as Rishon l’Zion from 1802-1805. He is the author of Sha’ar ha-Mayim (Salonika, 1768), Berachot Mayim (Salonika, 1789), and Mayin Shaal (Salonika 1799).[3][5]
References
- ^ The Sephardi Aristocracy in Jerusalem - 500 Years after the Expulsion from Spain, 16 Jul 1998, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1]
- ^ Yemin Moshe: The Story of a Jerusalem Neighborhood, Eliezer David Jaffe, Praeger, 1988, p. 51
- ^ a b c Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972
- ^ Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff, 1998, p. 122 ff.
- ^ History of Zionism, 1600-1918, by Nahum Sokolow , 1919, p. 77