ELIJAH B. SAMUEL OF LUBLIN:

Polish rabbi; died at Hebron, Palestine, 1735. He became rabbi of Byala, and later, after residing for some time at Brest-Litovsk, of Eibenschütz, Moravia. In old age he removed to Hebron. Elijah was the author of "Yad Eliyahu," responsa, Amsterdam, 1712.

Bibliography:
  • Michael, Orha-Ḥayyim, p. 196;
  • Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, i. 22, ii. 59, 127;
  • Levenstein, Dor Dor we-Dorshaw, p. 17;
  • E. L. Rabbinowicz, 'Ir Tehillah, pp. 32, 186.
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