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Tiiflclii visited
Aleppo
in 11T3,
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Aleppo
119.") the leadinji.Iew wasJose|ih it>n Aknin, who had migrated from Eunipe by way of Egypt, where he was lie friend of Maimonides, who wrote for him the
found a Jewish eoniinuiiilv of 1,300 souls with three noteworthv rahhis attending to tlieir spiritual
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needs: Moses Alconslnntini. I.smel. and Setli I'elnhiah of Italisboii was there belwein Prominent 1170 and IIMO. and .Mhari/.i lifly years Members later. The former eall.s the litiidil the of the Com- pala<e of King N'our eddin, and says munity. that there were l..'iOO.Iews in .Meppo.'of whom Iheehief men were liidiliis Mosi'S AleonHlantiin, Isniel. and Selh. All.iari/.i. autlior of the "Tahki-nioni." like Maimonides, has inueli to sav of tlie Aleppo,lews(Makamat. Nos. |S..|(!..|7,.'i(l). Ill
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Other men of learning were
"Moroh Nebnkim."
A/.ariah and his brother SamiU'l Nissim. the king's physician Elia/.er, .leshiia. .laehin Ilananiah. and •loseph ben llisdai. All.iari/.i thought very little of the .Vlepp" poets, iif whom he mentions Moses Daniel and a certain .Inseph thehest was.losi'ph hen ?eniah, who hail good i|ualilii's hut wrote bad verse. Their piety must have been extreme, for Kleazer is held up to scorn for having traveled on tiiuSiiblutth. iiltliougli lit the sultan's command.
