Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

New book above Isaac Aboab da Fonseca by Moisés Orfali

From 1642 to 1654 Isaac Aboab da Fonseca was the hakham (Torah scholar) and spiritual leader of the oldest Jewish community in the New World. As a Hebrew grammarian, poet, and mystic, as well as an excellent and very popular preacher, Aboab da Fonseca (1605 –1693) was not only one …