Aaron Sabaoni was a rabbi, editor and merchant in Salé, Morocco in the mid-17th century.

He belonged to the Siboni (al-Sabʿuni) family of rabbis based in Salé.[1] His sons Joshua and David were also rabbis in Salé in the late 17th century. They wrote many homilies, of which manuscripts survived.[1] Although it has been conjectured that he was named after the city of Sabbionetta, in the seventeenth century he resided in Salé.[2]

Sabaoni was the editor of Moses ben Maimon Albas's cabalistic ritual, Hekal ha-Ḳodesh (printed in Amsterdam in 1653), to which he added notes.[2]

With Jacob Sasportas, he participated in the condemnation of the Sabbateans (followers of mystic rabbi and self-proclaimed messiah Shabbethai Ẓebi) for refusing to keep the four chief fast-days on the grounds that the Messiah had already arrived.[2] Sabaoni corresponded with Sasportas when the latter was in Amsterdam,[3] and spent some time in the city as an international merchant.[1] In one letter, he describes the expulsion of Jews from Spanish-Ruled Oran, Algeria, on Passover 1669, and the transformation of its synagogue into a church.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Siboni". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  2. 1 2 3 "AARON SABAONI (הסבעוני)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ↑ "HEIKAL HA'KODESH". Le Centre de la Culture Judéo-Marocaine (CCJM) (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-18.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "AARON SABAONI (הסבעוני)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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