MOSSIRI, ḤAYYIM NISSIM RAPHAEL:

Turkish rabbinical writer; died about 1800 at Jerusalem, whither he had gone from Salonica. He was the author of "Be'er Mayim Ḥayyim," responsa (2 vols., Salonica, 1764 and 1814).

Bibliography:
  • Franco, Histoire des Israélites de l'Empire Ottoman;
  • Walden, Shem ha-Gedolim, he-Ḥadash;
  • Hazan, Ha-Ma'alot li-Shelomoh, p. 13.
D. M. Fr.
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