Aaron ben David Cohen of Ragusa (born about 1580) was a Rabbi in Ragusa, [1] nowadays Dubrovnik.
His maternal grandfather was Solomon Oheb, also rabbi in the same city. Aaron studied in his native city and later in Venice, whence he returned to occupy a pulpit in Ragusa. In 1623 he was imprisoned as a supposed accomplice of Isaac Jeshurun, who had been falsely accused of ritual murder. Rabbi Aaron's sermons, Zeḳan Aharon (Aaron's Beard), together with his grandfather's sermons, Shemen ha-Ṭob (The Good Oil), and the history of Isaac Jeshurun's martyrdom, were published at Venice in 1657, [2] after his death. [1]
Aaron's account of the alleged ritual murder, together with documents from the Ragusa archives, were published in 1882. [1]
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Gotthard Deutsch (1901–1906).
"AARON BEN DAVID COHEN OF RAGUSA". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Its bibliography: - ^ שמן הטוב זקן אהרן (in Hebrew). Venice. 1657. OCLC 233044892. Retrieved Jul 5, 2022.
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