Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili
Jacob ha-Cohen Sekili (Hebrew: יעקב הכהן סקילי) (1846 in Tiberias – 1918) was a 19th-century Sephardi rabbi in Tiberias, Ottoman Palestine.[1] While being of Moroccan descent, his surname "Sekili" indicates that his family had originated in Sicily.
Sekili served as a dayan (religious judge) in Tiberias and was greatly respected. He was a scholar of note and nurtured many disciples.[2] He was a prolific writer and authored several works including Yalkut Talmud Torah, Torat ha-Mincha, Gulat ha-Koteret, Yayin ha-Meshumar and Sefer ha-Yichut.[3] He was also instrumental in the erection of a synagogue and lodgings for pilgrims at the tomb of the 2nd-century sage Rabbi Meir on the outskirts of Tiberias.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gottlieb, Samuel Noah (1912). Ohalei Shem Pinsk: M. M. Gleiberman. p. 490.
- ^ Halperin, Raphael (1985). Atlas Eytz Chayim. Tel Aviv: Heḳdesh Ruaḥ Yaʻaḳov. p. 178.
- ^ Gaon, Moses David (1928). Yehude ha-mizrah be-Erets Yiśraʼel. Jerusalem: Ezriel. p. 210.