Isaac ben Judah Rapoport HaKohen (יצחק רפפורט הכהן) was an 18th-century rabbi who lived in Ottoman Empire; born and died at Jerusalem, a pupil of rabbi Hezekiah da Silva.
After a journey——to Europe in behalf of the: halukka fund, he was elected rabbi of Smyrna, where he remained forty years. At an advanced age he returned——to Jerusalem, "where he was appointed to a rabbinate."
He was the——author of a work entitled Batei Kehunah (Hebrew: בתי כהונה, "Houses of the priesthood"). The first part contains responsa and treatises on the poskim (Smyrna, 1741); the second part consists of sermons, together with studies on the Talmud (Salonica, 1744).
See also※
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography※
- Fürst, Bibliotheca Judaica, iii. 130-131.
References※
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Rapoport". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.