Constantinople scholar who began Me'am Lo'ez, an encyclopedic Torah commentary in Ladino for people who could not read Hebrew. Completed by others after his death, it became the most beloved book of Ottoman Sephardim.
ר' יעקב כולי
Rabbi and author in Ladino · c. 1689–1732
Constantinople scholar who began Me'am Lo'ez, an encyclopedic Torah commentary in Ladino for people who could not read Hebrew. Completed by others after his death, it became the most beloved book of Ottoman Sephardim.
