Aaron ben David Cohen of Ragusa

Aaron ben David Cohen of Ragusa (born about 1580), was a Rabbi in the Republic of Ragusa ^[1] who came from Lunela. ^[2]

His maternal grandfather was Solomon Oheb, also a rabbi in the same city. Aaron studied in his native city and later in Venice, whence he returned to occupy a pulpit in Ragusa. In 1623 he was imprisoned as a supposed accomplice of Isaac Jeshurun, who had been falsely accused of ritual murder.

Rabbi Aaron's sermons, Zeḳan Aharon (Aaron's Beard), together with his grandfather's sermons, Shemen ha-Ṭob (The Good Oil), and the history of Isaac Jeshurun's martyrdom, were published at Venice in 1657, ^[3] after his death. ^[1]

Aaron's account of the alleged ritual murder, together with documents from the Ragusa archives, were published in 1882. ^[1]

References

1.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Gotthard Deutsch (1901–1906). "AARON BEN DAVID COHEN OF RAGUSA". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
   Its bibliography:
   • Jellinek, Literaturblatt des Orients, vii. 252;
   • Michael, Heimann Joseph, (1891) Or ha-Ḥayyim, Frankfort-on-the-Main (in Hebrew), No. 282;
   • Rahmer's  [ de ]Literaturblatt, 1883.
2. Levi, Moric (1928). "Iz prošlosti jevrejske opštine u Dubrovniku". Jevrejski almanah za godinu 5689[From the past of the Jewish community in Dubrovnik] (in Croatian). Sarajevo. p. 63.
3. שמן הטוב זקן אהרן (in Hebrew). Venice. 1657. OCLC   233044892 . Retrieved Jul 5, 2022.

Further reading

• Kaznačić, C. A. (1882), Proceeeo di Isak Jesurun, Dubrovnik