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Chaim Ibn Attar

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Gender Male
Born Meknes
Morocco
Date of died July 7,1743
DiedJerusalem
Israel
BooksOr ha-Ḥayim
Place of burialMount of Olives, Jerusalem
Mount of Olives Information Center, Jerusalem
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Chaim Ibn Attar Life story


ayyim ben Moshe ibn Attar also known as the Or ha-Ḥayyim after his popular commentary on the Pentateuch, was a Talmudist and kabbalist; born at Meknes, Morocco, in 1696; died in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire on 7 July 1743. He was one of the most prominent rabbis in Morocco.

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