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Rabbi Yitzchak Abohav

Question

Who was Rabbi Yitzchak Abohav?

Answer

There were several Spanish Rabbis named Yitzchak Abohav. The best known, who lived around 1400-1450, wrote the popular work Menoras Ha-Maor, a collection of Talmudic and Midrashic passages on ethical topics.