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Rabbi Levi Ibn Habib was
rabbi of
Jerusalem; born at
Zamora,
Spain, about
1480; died at Jerusalem about
1545.
Under
King Manuel of
Portugal, and when about seventeen, he was compelled to submit to
baptism, but at the first opportunity fled to
Salonica, where he could follow the dictates of his conscience in safety. In 1523 he went to Jerusalem, but in a short time returned to Salonica. In 1525 he settled permanently at Jerusalem, where his learning won him the position of chief rabbi. There he met
Jacob Berab, with whom he often came into conflict on questions of rabbinical law. A serious quarrel broke out between these two rabbis when Berab, becoming chief rabbi of
Safed, reintroduced the ancient practise of the
ordination of rabbis. They carried on a bitter and envenomed controversy for some time, in the course of which Berab referred to Ibn Habib's adoption of Christianity. The latter frankly admitted the fact, but pointed out that at the time he was a mere youth, that his involuntary profession of Christianity lasted hardly a year, and that he took the first opportunity to escape and rejoin the religion of his fathers. This controversy was chiefly responsible for the fact that the practise of ordination ceased again soon after Berab's death.
Writings
He was knowledgeable in
mathematics and
astronomy. In his youth he edited his father's book
Ein Yaakov (
Constantinople, 1516; By
Jacob ibn Habib). He wrote:
She'elot u-Teshubot, a collection of 147
responsa;
Kontres ha-Semikah, a treatise on ordination;
Perush Kiddush HaCHodesh, a commentary on
Kiddush HaChodesh (rules governing the construction of the
Hebrew calendar in
Maimonides code of law). All these works were published together at
Venice (1565);' the last-named work was also published separately (ib. 1574-76).
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