Abraham Khalfon (Hebrew: אברהם כלפון, Avraham Khalfon, 1741–1819)[1][2] was a Sephardi Jewish community leader, historian, scholar, and paytan in Tripoli, Libya. He researched an extensive history of the Jews of Tripoli that served as a resource for later historians such as Abraham Hayyim Adadi, Mordechai Ha-Cohen, and Nahum Slouschz, and also composed piyyutim (liturgical poems) and kinnot (elegies).
^Pedatzor, Benetiya (26 January 2004). "ר' אברהם כלפון" [Rabbi Abraham Khalfon]. Or-Shalom (in Hebrew). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
AbrahamKhalfon (Hebrew: אברהם כלפון, Avraham Khalfon, 1741–1819) was a Sephardi Jewish community leader, historian, scholar, and paytan in Tripoli, Libya...
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authored the Ketem Paz. According to an unpublished manuscript by Rabbi AbrahamKhalfon, Lavi died in 1580. "חכם שמעון לביא" [Chakham Shimon Lavi] (in Hebrew)...
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wrote about him in his book "Hasdei Avot." He is mentioned by Rabbi AbrahamKhalfon in "Ma'aseh Tzadikim": "Once Rabbi Isaac Jabez the elder was judging...
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