Elijah ben Abraham ha-Kohen

11th Century

Little is known about Elijah ben Abraham ha-Kohen, but he was possibly born in Palestine and apparently was a scholar of some renown. He served as a judge in his adopted hometown—identified tentatively as ‘Ana, a town on the Euphrates River—and oversaw Babylonian, Palestinian, and Karaite congregations there.

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Letter to Jacob ben Joseph

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You love justice and detest iniquity, therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, preferring you to your companions (Psalms 45:8). To the seasoned scholar, the charming teacher…