Isaac Berechiah Canton ( fl. mid–18th century) was an Italian Talmudist. He established a yeshiva in Turin. He is the author of a responsum in Samson Morpurgo's Shemesh Ẓedaḳah. [1] Ghirondi possessed in manuscript some other halakhic decisions by Canton, and saw also a manuscript work of his entitled Yetad ha-Ohel ('The Pin of the Tent'), an index to Solomon Urbino's dictionary of Hebrew synonyms entitled Ohel Mo'ed. [2]
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public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Berlin, Israel (1902). "Canton, Isaac Berechiah". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 549.
Isaac Berechiah Canton ( fl. mid–18th century) was an Italian Talmudist. He established a yeshiva in Turin. He is the author of a responsum in Samson Morpurgo's Shemesh Ẓedaḳah. [1] Ghirondi possessed in manuscript some other halakhic decisions by Canton, and saw also a manuscript work of his entitled Yetad ha-Ohel ('The Pin of the Tent'), an index to Solomon Urbino's dictionary of Hebrew synonyms entitled Ohel Mo'ed. [2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Berlin, Israel (1902). "Canton, Isaac Berechiah". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 549.