Rabbi Eliyahu HaKohen of Izmir

אליהו הכהן האיתמרי

Preacher and dayan of Izmir · d. 1729

Sephardi · EstablishedOttoman, North African & Western Centers

Preacher and judge in Izmir, author of dozens of works of ethics and homiletics. His Shevet Musar, The Rod of Instruction, became one of the most popular ethical books of the Sephardi world, translated into Ladino and Arabic and read aloud in homes and synagogues for generations.

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