Jonah Nabon Explained

Jonah Nabon
Birth Date:	1713
Birth Place:	Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Death Date:	1760
Death Place:	Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Occupation:	Rabbi
Nationality:	Ottoman
Parents:	Hanun Nabon
Notable Works:	Nechpah ba-Kesef Get Mekushar
Known For:	Talmudic and kabbalistic learning

Jonah Nabon was a rabbinical scholar; born at Jerusalem in 1713; died there 1760; son of Hanun Nabon.

He was celebrated for his Talmudic and kabbalistic learning, and was the teacher of Chaim Joseph David Azulai (the Chida). Nabon wrote several works, of which only two have been published, namely:

Nechpah ba-Kesef (vol. i, Constantinople, 1748; vol. ii, Jerusalem, 1843), responsa; and
Get Mekushar, on divorce, in the form of a commentary on "Get Pashut," a work on the same subject by Moses ibn Habib.