KAHANA, ELIEZER BEN REUBEN:

Preacher and homiletic exegete in Karlin at the beginning of the eighteenth century. He wrote: "Siaḥ Sefunim" (Zolkiev, 1751-52), a commentary on the Five Rolls, each of them having its special subtitle; and "Ṭa'ame Torah" (ib. 1752-65), on the accents, the Masorah, and the recitation of the Pentateuch.

Bibliography:
  • Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, i. 125;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, pp. 211, 572.
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