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Hayim de lah Rozah

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Hayim de lah Rozah
Personal life
Born
Spain
NationalitySpanish Jew
Notable work(s)Torat Hakham
Other namesChaim Delharoza, de la Rosa
OccupationRabbi, kabbalist

Hayim de lah Rozah[1] (also spelled Chaim Delharoza[2] or de la Rosa) was a Spanish rabbi and kabbalist.[2]

After the Spanish expulsion, he wandered until he reached Jerusalem where he joined the chavurah of Rabbi Shalom Sharabi, becoming a scholar of the Beit El Synagogue and a close disciple and friend of Rabbi Sharabi.[2]

Rabbi de lah Rozah authored the sefer Torat Hakham.[1][2]

Rabbi de lah Rozah lived in the 1700s, long after the Spanish expulsion in 1492. He was in Greece and Jerusalem, and was a student of Rabbi Shalom Sharabi who died in 1777.

References

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  1. ^ a b Torat Hakham תורת חכם (in Hebrew). Thessaloniki. 1848. OCLC 233312345. Retrieved Oct 28, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Horovitz, Isaac (Dec 9, 2015). "The Cave and the King". Ami. No. 246. pp. 111–120.