Isaiah Bakish ( he, ר׳ ישעיה בקיש c. 1545 – c. 1620 1580s – 1620s) was a rabbi of spanish descent. He was dayan (judge) in the

Beth Din A beit din ( he, בית דין, Bet Din, house of judgment, , Ashkenazic: ''beis din'', plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Biblical Land of Israel. Today, i ...

(rabbinical court) of Fez. His writings deal with takkanot (sing. takkanah),

exegesis Exegesis ( ; from the Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretations ...

and

kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The de ...

The Kabbalist

Kabbalistic writings of Bakish were included in manuscript compilations containing also quotes from famous Kabbalists such as:

Nahmanides Moses ben Nachman ( he, מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן ''Mōše ben-Nāḥmān'', "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (; el, Ναχμανίδης ''Nakhmanídēs''), and also referred to by the acronym Ra ...

(Ramban, R’ Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi); Rabbi

Isaac Luria Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi (1534 Fine 2003, p24/ref> – July 25, 1572) ( he, יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי ''Yitzhak Ben Sh'lomo Lurya Ashkenazi''), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as "Ha'ARI" (mea ...

(R’ Ari zal); Rabbi

Hayyim ben Joseph Vital Hayyim ben Joseph Vital ( he, רָבִּי חַיִּים בֶּן יוֹסֵף וִיטָאל; Safed, October 23, 1542 (Julian calendar) and October 11, 1542 (Gregorian Calendar) – Damascus, 23 April 1620) was a rabbi in Safed and the foremo ...

; R’

Abraham Azulai Abraham ben Mordecai Azulai (c. 1570–1643) ( he, אברהם בן מרדכי אזולאי) was a Kabbalistic author and commentator born in Fez, Morocco. In 1599 he moved to Ottoman Palestine and settled in Hebron. Biography In Hebron, Azulai wr ...

. The microfilmed collections of the

National Library of Israel The National Library of Israel (NLI; he, הספרייה הלאומית, translit=HaSifria HaLeumit; ar, المكتبة الوطنية في إسرائيل), formerly Jewish National and University Library (JNUL; he, בית הספרים הלא� ...

in Jerusalem contain several of these manuscripts or microfilm manuscripts from other libraries. In his work on

Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The de ...

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...

since the 16th c., Moshé Hallamish mentioned Isaiah Bakish. In his ''Shorshei Hashemot'' the Italian Kabbalist

Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto ( 1625 – 1 October 1697), also known by the Hebrew acronym ''RaMa"Z'', was a rabbi, Kabbalist, and poet. Zacuto, who was born into a Portuguese Marrano family in Amsterdam, studied Jewish subjects under Saul Levi Mortei ...

included long quotations of the R' Isaiah Bakish (16-17th c.).

Works

* פסקי דינים ושו״ת ''Piskei dinim wéchout'' (''sheelot vé tchouvot'', c. 1610). * קטעים ''Fragments'' (1992).Edited by Hillel Bakis: Introduction, p. 1-40; Fragments, p. 41-132 (Hotsaat Bakish. Printed in Israël, Kiriat Ata, 1992)

Bibliography

* (heb.) Natanel Avital (2016-7/5777), Hakhmey Castilla'', 417 p, Maguen Avot,

Jérusalem ''Jérusalem'' is a grand opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was to be an adaptation and partial translation of the composer's original 1843 Italian opera, ''I Lombardi alla prima crociata''. It was the one opera which he regarde ...

, pp. 20; 25; 32. * (fr.) Hillel Bakis,''Rabbi Ichaya Bakish. Un rabbin-juge marocain (16e-17e siècles)'', p. 1-40; in Ichaya Bakish, Fragments, 132 p., Editions Bakish, imprimé à Kiriat Ata, Israël, 1992. * (fr.) Hillel Bakis,''Interpréter la Torah. Traditions et méthodes rabbiniques'', p. 139-140 et 253, Institut R' Yésha'ya Bakish, Editions Bakish, Montpellier, 2013. 294 p. * (fr.) Hillel Bakis, ''Pour lire les Psaumes. Etude de l’Alphabéta (Ps. 119). Texte. Phonétique et rythme. Nouvelle traduction. Commentaires. Abrégé grammatical', see p. 36, 37, 71, 86, 212, 161 (Editions Bakish, X-294 p., Montpellier, 2014). * (fr./heb.) Hillel Bakis, ''Traces manuscrites de l'œuvre de Rabbi Yesha'ya Bakish זצ"ל : un des premiers A'haronim parmi les Sages de Castille au

Maroc Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

(v. 1545-v. 1620)'', ebook, Institut Rabbi Yécha'ya, Editions Bakish, 602 pages, 2020, décembre. * (fr./heb.) Hillel Bakis, ''Traces imprimées de l'œuvre de Rabbi Yesha'ya Bakish זצ"ל : un des premiers A'haronim parmi les Sages de Castille au

(v. 1545-v. 1620)'', ebook, Institut Rabbi Yécha'ya, Editions Bakish, 476 pages, 3e éd. Avril 2021. * (fr./heb.) Hillel Bakis, ''Traces digitales de l'œuvre de Rabbi Yesha'ya Bakish זצ"ל : un des premiers A'haronim parmi les Sages de Castille au

(v. 1545-v. 1620)'', ebook, Institut Rabbi Yécha'ya, Editions Bakish, 352 pages, Juin 2021. * (heb.) Yossef Ben Naïm, R', ''Sépher malké rabbanan'', Jérusalem, 1931. p. 62, 79. * (fr.) Arrik Delouya, Les Juifs du Maroc: bibliographie générale : résumés, annotations, recensions. Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 2001. * (heb.) Moshé Hallamish, חלמיש, משה - הקבלה בצפון אפריקה למן המאה הט"ז : סקירה היסטורית ותר, Tel-Aviv, Hakibbutz Haméouhad, 2001 (see p. 43 ; 119; 184–185). * (es.) Abraham I. Larédo, 'Las Taqanot de los expulsados de Castiila en Marruccosy su régimen matrimonial y sucesoral', in ''Sefarad'', pp. 243–276; instituto Arias Montano, Madrid-Barcelona, 1948. * (heb.) David Obadia, R', ''Fès vehachmia, Kronikot Mkoriot'', Jérusalem, 1978–1979. * (heb.) Chim’on Ouanonou, ''Erez Halébanone'', vol. 3, p. 1357, 1999. * D. S. Sasoon & David Ohel, ''Descriptive catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts in the Sassoon Library''. Oxford, 1932, 2 vols * (heb.) Ya'akob Moshé Toledano, R', ''Ner ha ma’arabi'', Jérusalem, 1911. see p. 74, 75 et 104. * (fr.) Haïm Zafrani, ''Les Juifs du Maroc. Vie sociale, économique et religieuse. Études de Taqqanot et Responsa'', Geuthner, Paris, 332 p, 1972.

References

External links

*http://editionsbakish.com/node/86; http://editionsbakish.com/node/250 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakish, Isaiah Kabbalists 16th-century births 17th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 16th-century Spanish rabbis 16th-century Moroccan rabbis 17th-century Moroccan rabbis