Abraham Khalfon
Abraham Khalfon | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Abraham Khalfon 1741 Livorno, Italy |
| Died | September 25, 1819 (aged 77–78) Safed, Palestine |
| Buried | Safed |
| Children | Rahamim David Nehorai |
| Parent | Raphael Khalfon |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Position | Community leader |
| Organisation | Jewish community of Tripoli |
| Began | 1778 |
| Ended | 1795 |
| Yahrtzeit | 6 Tishrei 5580 |
Abraham Khalfon (Hebrew: אברהם כלפון, Avraham Khalfon, 1741–1819) was a Sephardi Jewish community leader, historian, scholar, and paytan in Tripoli, Libya. He researched an extensive history of the Jews of Tripoli that served as a resource for later historians such as Abraham Hayyim Adadi, Mordechai Ha-Cohen, and Nahum Slouschz, and also composed piyyutim (liturgical poems) and kinnot (elegies).