Abraham Yachini (Heb: אברהם יכיני; also transliterated as Abraham Yakhini, or Abraham ha-Yakini; 1611-1682)[1][2] was one of the chief agitators in the Sabbatean movement, the son of Pethahiah of Constantinople.
- ^ Scholem, Gershom (2007). "Yakhini, Abraham ben Elijah". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 21 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4 – via Gale Virtual Reference Library.
- ^ He was born—according to a not entirely reliable source, מאורעות צבי (Lemberg, 1871, p. 3)—on September 8, 1611