Jacob Alyashar

Jacob Alyashar
יעקב אלישר
Personal
Born1730
Hebron,  Ottoman Empire
Diedc. 1790
Safed, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman Palestinian Jew
ChildrenEliezer Jeruḥam
Notable work(s)Megillat Paras
OccupationTalmudist, emissary

Jacob Alyashar (Hebrew: יעקב אלישר), was an 18th-century Talmudist and emissary (meshullaḥ).[1]

He was a friend and travelling companion of Chaim Yosef David Azulai who mentions him in his works.[2]

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