Daniel P Kohen

Hayyim ben Abraham ha-Kohen (חיים בן אברהם הכהן; c. 1585–May 2, 1655) was a Jewish rabbi and writer. He spent his early career in Aleppo, tracing his lineage to "Don Joseph ha-Kohen the Spaniard". He was a disciple of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital in Damascus, and a teacher of Nathan ben Moses Hannover in Livorno. His customs and teachings are cited in the Hemdat Yamim. Of his early life, Hayyim writes only that "In my youth the spirit of God lifted me and gave me an tongue fit to know and to ask and …