Mordecai Assaban

Mordecai ben Isaac Assaban (Hebrew: מרדכי בן יצחק אצבאן, Mordekhai ben Yitḥzak Atzban; 1700, Meknes, Morocco – c. 1760, Aleppo, Ottoman Syria) was an 18th-century rabbi, posek, and Kabbalist.

He was chief rabbi of Leghorn, and emigrated to Jerusalem about 1729, where he dwelt for thirty years. He was the author of a viddui, entitled "Zobe'aḥ Todah."

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Franco, M. (1901–1906). "Assaban, Mordecai". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.