SAMUEL ḤAYYIM OF SALONICA:
Maternal grandson of Samuel of Modena; lived in Salonica during the sixteenth century. He wrote "Bene Shemu'el," a collection of novellæ on Ṭur Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ, as well as on Hilkot Yom-Ṭob and Ta'arubot. Sixty-three responsa by him were published at Salonica in 1613 (2 vols.).
Bibliography:
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2413;
- Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, i. 174, ii. 18;
- Heilprin, Seder ha-Darot, iii. 20a;
- Conforte, Ḳore ha-Dorot, p. 44a.
