GAFFAREL (GAFFARELLUS), JACOB:
French Christian rabbinical scholar; born at Mannes, Provence, 1601; died at Sigonce 1681. He devoted himself to the study of mysticism, especially of Hebrew cabalistic works, though his own in that field are unreliable. He wrote "Yom
Bibliography:
- Michaud, Biographie Universelle, xv. s.v.;
- Stern, Der Kampf des Rabbinismus, etc., p. 184, Breslau, 1902.
