Samuel ben Daniel Abu Rabīʿa Ha-Kohen
SAMUEL BEN DANIEL ABU RABĪʿA HA-KOHEN
SAMUEL BEN DANIEL ABU RABĪʿA HA-KOHEN (13th century), last gaon of *Baghdad, succeeding his father R. Daniel Abu Rabīa. Samuel wrote two letters in 1288 on the controversy over the ban (ḥerem) on *Maimonides' Moreh Nevukhim. In one of the letters, sent to R. *David Maimuni ha-Nagid and the rabbis of Acre, Samuel states that he has issued a ban against R. Solomon b. Samuel Petit, Maimonides' bitter opponent.
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