Chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire, a Romaniote Jew of Constantinople who welcomed the Spanish exiles. His supercommentary on Rashi's Torah commentary is a classic of Jewish learning, and he also wrote on mathematics and astronomy.
Chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire · c. 1455–1526
Chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire, a Romaniote Jew of Constantinople who welcomed the Spanish exiles. His supercommentary on Rashi's Torah commentary is a classic of Jewish learning, and he also wrote on mathematics and astronomy.