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(surnamed ha-Chasid, i.e., "the Pious"), a Jewish rabbi of the 13th century, who died at Toledo in 1263, is the author of àâøú äúùåáä , or, a treatise on repentance and asceticism (Cracow, 1586, and often): — úùåáä ùòøé , on repentance (Constantinople, 1511): — ñ äéøàä , on the fear of God (ibid. eod.; Judeo-German translation, Freiburg, 1583): — ãú äðùéí , on the precepts to be observed by women (Cracow, 1609): — ñ àñåø åäúø , on things allowed and prohibited (Ferrara, 1555): — òì ôø÷é àáåú ôøåù , a commentary on the Pirke Aboth (edited after a MS. by Dolizki, Berlin, 1848). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:327 sq.; De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), page 113. (B.P.)