Isaiah Bakish
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Isaiah Bakish (Hebrew: ר׳ ישעיה בקיש c. 1545 – c. 1620 fl. 1580s – 1620s) was a rabbi of spanish descent.[1]
He was dayan (judge) in the Beth Din (rabbinical court) of Fez. His writings deal with takkanot (sing. takkanah), exegesis and kabbalah. Some of the Rav's exegesis writings have been published.[2]
Kabbalistic writings of Bakish were included in manuscript compilations containing also quotes from famous Kabbalists such as: Nahmanides (Ramban, R’ Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi); Rabbi Isaac Luria (R’ Ari zal); Rabbi Hayyim ben Joseph Vital; R’ Abraham Azulai.[3] The microfilmed collections of the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem[4] contain several of these manuscripts or microfilm manuscripts from other libraries.
In his work on Kabbalah in North Africa since the 16th c., Moshé Hallamish mentioned Isaiah Bakish.[5] In his Shorshei Hashemot the Italian Kabbalist Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto included long quotations of the R' Isaiah Bakish (16-17th c.).[6]
Works
- פסקי דינים ושו״ת Piskei dinim wéchout (sheelot vé tchouvot, c. 1610).
- (fr., heb.) קטעים Fragments (1992).[7]
- (fr., heb.) Rabbi Yesha’ya Bakish (2022. Edition Hillel Bakis), Sur l’œuvre de Rabbi Yesha’ya Bakish: Un des premiers "a’haronim" parmi les sages de Castille au Maroc v. 1545-v. 1620 : Tome 5.1- Fragments. Ecrits juridiques, 424 p.
