Reuben ben Hoshke
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Reuben Hoshke HaKohen
(Sofer) (died April 3, 1673) (Hebrew: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a Kabalist and rabbi of Prague
. "Hoshke," his father's name, is a Polish
diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by G.B. De Rossi (Dizionario, s.v. "Oski, Ruben") and Zunz
(Z. G. p. 402) for his family name.
Kohen
A Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....
(Sofer) (died April 3, 1673) (Hebrew: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a Kabalist and rabbi of Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. "Hoshke," his father's name, is a Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by G.B. De Rossi (Dizionario, s.v. "Oski, Ruben") and Zunz
Zunz
Zunz, Zuntz is a Yiddish surname: , Belgian pharmacologist* Leopold Zunz , German Reform rabbi* Gerhard Jack Zunz , British civil engineer- Zuntz :* Nathan Zuntz , German physiologist...
(Z. G. p. 402) for his family name.
Works
He wrote:- Yalḳuṭ, Re'ubeni, a cabalistic work (an imitation of the Yalḳuṭ Ḥadash) containing a collection of sayings taken from other cabalistic works and arranged in alphabetical order (Prague, 1660)
- Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni ha-Gadol, (ילקוט ראובני הגדול) a cabalistic midrashMidrashThe Hebrew term Midrash is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis. The term also refers to the whole compilation of homiletic teachings on the Bible....
on the Pentateuch arranged according to the order of the parashiyyot (Wilmersdorf, 1681) - Dabar Shebi-Ḳedushah, a manual of asceticismAsceticismAsceticism describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals...
and repentance (Sulzbach, 1684) - Oneg Shabbat, cabalistic reflections on the SabbathShabbatShabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...
laws, followed by an appendix entitled Derek Ḳabbalat Shabbat (ib. 1684).
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Lieben, Gal 'Ed, German part, p. 41; Hebrew part, p. 36;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2138;
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 412.