ANTIBI, ABRAHAM(; i.e., of 'Ain-Tab):

Chief rabbi at Aleppo; died March 13, 1858. His book of responsa, "Ohel Yesharim" (The Tent of the Righteous), arranged according to the four Ṭurim (or legal code of Jacob ben Asher), was published at Leghorn in 1843.

Bibliography:
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 19;
  • Ghirondi and Nepi, Toledot Gedole Yisrael, p. 52;
  • Steinschneider, in Jew. Quart. Rev. xi. 488;
  • Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 51.
H. G. E.
Images of pages