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Hakham

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Noun1.Hakham - a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man
form of address, title of respect, title - an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title"
Hebrew - the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
sage - a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom


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The hakham ("sage," meaning "Rabbi") and expatriate Spaniard Immanuel Aboab (1555-1628) articulated an official, pious contempt toward border-crossers when he wrote the following indictment in a letter to converso leaders in France between 1626 and 1627: Some [who are of our Nation travel to the Lands of Idolatry--probably meaning Spain and Portugal in particular] because they are roguish vagabonds who, after .
But because he was regarded in Olshon, as the book indicates, as a highly respected talmid hakham, it would seem that he could very well have spent time there.
 
 
 
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