Hayyim ben Isaac Raphael Alfandari (Hebrew: חיים בן יצחק אלפנדארק) was rabbi

Rabbi

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 in Constantinople

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 during the latter half of the 17th and in the beginning of the 18th-century. In his old age he went to Palestine

Palestine

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, where he died. He was the author of Esh Dat (A Fiery Law), a collection of homilies printed together with his uncle's Muẓẓal me-Esh in Constantinople, 1718. Several short treatises by him are published in the works of others. Azulai

Chaim Joseph David Azulai

Chaim Joseph David Azulai ben Isaac Zerachia , commonly known as the Chida , was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious writings.- Biography :Azulai was born in Jerusalem, where he received his education...

 speaks very highly of him as a scholar and as a preacher.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

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  Heimann Joseph Michael
  Heimann Joseph Michael was a Hebrew bibliographer born at Hamburg. He showed great acuteness of mind in early childhood, had a phenomenal memory, and was an indefatigable student. He studied Talmudics and received also private instruction in all the branches of a regular school education...
  
  , Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 854;
• Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 821.