Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi | |
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Personal life | |
Born | Abraham Ben Eliezer Ha-Levi c. 1460 |
Died | after 1528 |
Nationality | Ottoman Palestine |
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Religious life | |
Religion | Judaism |
Main work | Masoret ha-Hokhmah,
Mashreh Kitrin, Ma'amar Perek Ḥelek, Iggeret Sod ha-Ge'ullah |
Rabbi Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi the Elder (Hebrew: רבי אברהם בן אליעזר הלוי הזקן; c. 1460 - after 1528) was a Sephardic rabbi and kabbalist known for his apocalyptic treatises on Kabbalah and his beliefs regarding messianism. He was also an early member of the Old Yishuv, immigrating to Jerusalem in 1514.